What does the attached files I email turn into dat files

when I send email or receive email with attachments such as pdf or .docx, the files are unreadable on my iphone and become dat files.

I have the same problem.  I found that by saving the file to FILENAME.pdf and reopening with Preview or Adobe it works.  I saw another post that suggested that long filenames that are forwarded to others are renamed with a .dat extension.  I never had this problem until I upgraded to the latest MAC OS.  Could that be the problem?

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