Receiving Microsoft Excel Email Attachments

Someone has tried repeatedly to send me an email message containing a Microsoft Excel file as an attachement but I never get it! I have received attachments of other file types, so is there an issue on Verizon with receiving Excel files? (BTW, it's not in the spam folder either).

To mole about cjacobs001's post:
I can see renaming files sure and maybe including as need be the extention, but...
"file association settings and reassign the file extension" on a Mac. Even while I do not have a Mac, I am not sure if that is possible.
I guess we will find out, if there is any Mac users here..
I did find this/these:
http://ocaoimh.ie/2007/01/07/how-to-rename-a-file-in-mac-os-x/
http://www.macobserver.com/tip/2008/01/04.1.shtml
Powered by a Google Search for "rename a file in mac extension".
For a Windows computer, for "ile association settings and reassign the file extension" I found this http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~adelr/association.htm
I take that back..
With a Google search, I for "file extension association settings mac" I found this..
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=250202
I am not sure if that helps you any.. ?
Message Edited by dslr595148 on 10-27-2008 03:01 PM
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