Pdf attachments cause mail to freeze

When I receive emails with single page pdf attachments, mail freezes while trying to show preview of the pdf. I then have to force quit mail.
These files aren't particularly large- the last one to freeze was 2.6 megabytes. This is a new and powerful computer, why cant a simple thing like a pdf be previewed in mail without crashing?

Mail is very glitchy in mountain lion. I own the same laptop and I am very frustrated as well.

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I aprecciate any help you can give me.
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Hi Krischi,
sounds good (for you).
What do you mean exactly by "deleted iCloud"?
I do experience the problem not only with my iCloud mail account, but with all others also.
Are you sure you have 7.0"3"? For me it says 7.02 is the newest and current version.
Brgds,
Peter
Hi Peter,
Writing my post I made an mistake! I deleted my app CloudOn instead of iCloud and as soon I did it, I could handle my PDF attachment as before using iOS5.x!
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What happens when they don't send? Are they just stuck in the Outbox?
Have you looked at using DropBox? Get a free DropBox account.
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Basically... It's to do with the way Mail encodes attachments as "inline" If you have version2 Rollup3 of Exchange2007, which uses MAPI to send the email to Outlook, which can't render the attachment as it wasn't created the way Outlook expects it to have been.......!
More detail here:-
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/04/21/mixed-ing-it-up-multipart -mixed-messages-and-you.aspx
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-GB/exchangesoftwareupdate/thread/7 98ae640-9091-44c9-b663-63152eb2f0fe

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sorry, I should have been clearer
If you have an Exchange server; you need to apply the required Update Rollup to the Exchange server, rather than local Outlook clients. Noe that the Outlook Web Access should still display the PDF attachment.
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2509911 Description of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3"

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I am using Mac OS 10.7.4 (Lion) on a new iMac. My old computer, a G5 PowerMac, just bit the dust after many years of great service. I was using Entourage as my mail server, but it is no longer supported. So i'm getting acquainted with Apple's "Mail".
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Hi Krischi,
sounds good (for you).
What do you mean exactly by "deleted iCloud"?
I do experience the problem not only with my iCloud mail account, but with all others also.
Are you sure you have 7.0"3"? For me it says 7.02 is the newest and current version.
Brgds,
Peter
Hi Peter,
Writing my post I made an mistake! I deleted my app CloudOn instead of iCloud and as soon I did it, I could handle my PDF attachment as before using iOS5.x!
The reason for this might be the fact, that CloudOn currently, according to the AppStore, is not upgraded to iOS 7.0.2!
Regarding iOS 7.0.3 it was a typo! I'm using 7.0.2
Hope that helps
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I think maybe I wasn't completely clear in my reply to your original message.
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I receive email from a phpList server in html format. Any attached PDF files are missing from Apple Mail (version 4.4). - no attachment, no inline - just disappeared into the ether.
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Hey all -
Though this was not and still is not an issue for mail under Snow Leopard, it seems that messages that have a *.pct (Macs PICT format for images using Apple Quick Draw apparently) are causing Lion Mail to go off to obilvion - leaving no option but for a force quit.
What's also a pain is that since Lion Mail folds notes together, a conversation that was fine is now corrupted upon the receipt of a note with the blated *.pct file.
Under Snow Leopard on a Mac Book Pro I find no issue opening these messages or even the file itself, let alone saving it or doing most other things that I have tried.   But sending this file to the Lion Email causes a serious issue as soon as I try and open that note on the Lion Mac Pro.
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Hi, as far as I can tell, that log doesn' help, just tells us Mail crashed, and is far too long to really peruse.
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
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