Ipad 2 - email PDF attachments corrupt

I seem to be having trouble viewing PDF's on my Ipad2. They read fine on my iphone and my mac and my work PC. When I "open in" any reader I have same problem. I tried Ibooks, goodreader, notesplus, Pdf provider and so on. I get some graphics but then blurry or blackish boxey lines where words should be written.
I can open them in "cloud on" fine also. Strange.
Any comments?

Greetings,
That is rather strange. Attachments are attachments. The big difference between what will send and what won't is usually either who you are sending it to (wrong email address) or how big the attachment is (most email providers have a limit to the total message size between 10 MB and 20 MB).
-- What happens when you say you are "unable to email PDF attachments"? What error message do you get?
-- Are you sending these emails using the Mail program?
-- What is the file size of the PDF you are trying to send?
-- What happens if you compress the PDF before you email it (Highlight the PDF on the desktop and then go to File > Compress) ?
-- What happens if you send the PDF to yourself?
Cheers.

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Greetings,
That is rather strange. Attachments are attachments. The big difference between what will send and what won't is usually either who you are sending it to (wrong email address) or how big the attachment is (most email providers have a limit to the total message size between 10 MB and 20 MB).
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