Zip files in Mail.

Is there any way to open Zip or other compressed files in Mail on the iphone?

Try downloading GoodReader app. Not only does it read PDF and many other formats it will unzip mail attachments if you open it with the app.

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HOW TO READ AND OPEN Zip files IN MAIL?

Anyone know how to open and read attached zip-files in iPhone 3G mail?
Thanks in advance,
Alessio

Hi Alessio,
The iPhone does not support reading or uncompressing .zip files.
+Mail attachment support+
+Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)+
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
Jason

Opening a zip file from Mail - what should happen?

I've been using a Mac for a little under a week so bear with me...!
I receive a zip file in Mail and I want to open it, so naturally I click on it. I get a "may contain an application" warning. I click "Open". A window briefly appears with an "Unarchiving" progress bar, then vanishes. And that's it!
Is this expected behaviour, or has something messed up here (most likely me!)? I would expect some sort of helper application to open showing the zip contents maybe?
Thanks!
Matt

Hi Matt,
Welcome to the discussions and to Macs!
Zip has un-zipped the attachment contents into the place where the zip file was kept. Often that's a clever thing for it to do, but in this case the location is a place Mail chose rather than you!
You might look in <home>/Library/Mail Downloads. If not, use Spotlight to search for the zip file by name. That directory will also hold the unzipped contents.
Next time: Drag the zip file from the email to your desktop, then double-click it to unzip. The contents will show right up on the desktop too.
Good luck,
John

Cannot open ZIP files in mail

Anyone else having trouble opening zip files in mail. It does not work on iPhone either - but that was not an issue since very rarely does one want to open a large document.
Any solutions out there ?

Zips and other archived/compressed files won't work as expected on an iPad since you can't just preview/view the contents directly from the attachment currently like you can with quicktime-compatible or other common media formats. Basically you would need to be able to save the zip file to the finder and extract it, and view the contents from there. But since the iPad doesn't have anything like a user-accessible Finder, it's tricky to implement.
There may be third-party apps that deal with this eventually (or maybe even something from the upcoming 4.0 software, who knows), but it would probably be easier to just have people send you attachments that aren't zipped up for now.

Need to send the zip file to mail as an attachment

i want to pick the zip file which consists some 2,3 files inside it. and send as it is to mail as an attachment.what i did is
i have taken one zip file,,, "testing.zip" inside it i have "test1.txt" & "test2.csv"
i created sender CC ,,in that i used module payloadzipbean and unzipped and called the file adapter.. created reciever CC as mail ..used same payload module now here i zipped all the payloads.
Result..i see the attachment coming as "test1.txt.zip" ..here i can see inside this zipfile my original file names as "test1.txt"&"test2.csv" as i enabled ASMA in both CC.
issues:i am unable to get the original file name like "testing.zip" ,,
can anyone help me in this.
Regards,
Loordh

Hi all,
as i posted last time my requirement ,i am going with java mapping for my scenario. i am using this code .
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/XI/Dynamicfilenameforpass-through+scenario
this is working perfect for zip file (file to file) scenario. but my scenario is file to mail ..as i need to send this to mail package there it is throwing error.i am getting "zip file name as attachment properly but when i try to open it is giving error in zip file." this is what i modied code ..i am able to see my messge in sender CC and reciever CC..any java experts please help on this.
try {
// create XML structure of mail package
String output = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"
+ "<ns:Mail xmlns:ns=\"http://sap.com/xi/XI/Mail/30\">"
+ "<Subject>" + mailSubject + "</Subject>"
+ "<From>" + mailSender + "</From>"
+ "<To>" + mailReceiver + "</To>"
+ "<Content_Type>multipart/mixed; boundary=\"" + boundary + "\"</Content_Type>"
+ "<Content>";
out.write(output.getBytes());
// create the declaration of the MIME parts
//First part
output = "--" + boundary + CRLF
+ "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8" + CRLF
//+ "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit" + CRLF
+ "Content-Disposition: inline" + CRLF + CRLF
+ mailContent + CRLF
//Second part
+ "--" + boundary + CRLF
+ "Content-Type: Application/zip; name=" + attachmentName + CRLF
//+ "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64" + CRLF
+ "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" + attachmentName + CRLF + CRLF;
out.write(output.getBytes());
//Source is taken as attachment
copySource(in, out);
out.write("</Content></ns:Mail>".getBytes());
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new StreamTransformationException(e.getMessage());
protected static void copySource(InputStream in, OutputStream out)
throws IOException {
byte[] bbuf = new bytehttp://in.available();
int bblen = in.read(bbuf);
if (!(bblen < 0)) {
//String sbuf = new String(bbuf);
//String encoded = Base64.encode(sbuf);
// replace all control characters with escape sequences
//sbuf = sbuf.replaceAll("&", "&");
//sbuf = sbuf.replaceAll("\"", """);
//sbuf = sbuf.replaceAll("'", "'");
//sbuf = sbuf.replaceAll("<"<");
//sbuf = sbuf.replaceAll(">", ">");
out.write(bbuf);}}

Not able to attach .zip files in mails in latest safari on yosemite

Safari in yosemite is not taking the .zip / .numbers / .xls files for attachment. Giving empty file error.

Hi ..
From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Privacy tab.
Click: Remove All Website Data
No open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db
Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that didn't help, try troubleshooting extensions.
From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that OFF, quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that helped, turn one extension on then quit and relaunch Safari to test until you find the incompatible extension then click uninstall.

How to save photos in a zip file in ios7

My wife's ipad2 is running ios 7.
She has zip files in her email containing photos. Clicking on the zip file in Mail opens the photos. Is this being done outside the Mail app?
Anyway, we want to save the photos to a photo roll in the Photo app. Holding a finger to the photo brings up a "copy" option and nothing else. Is it necessary to first unzip the attachment to save in the Photo app? If so, how?
Thanks,
Owen

I researched this a little. GoodReader for IOS 7 seems to be still a work in progress.
A recent article in MacWorld:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2049370/ios-7-adds-support-for-zipped-attachment s-in-mail-messages-with-quick-look.html
says that in IOS 7 you can unzip in Mail and
"You can then send individual files to the program of your choice with Open In, save images to your camera roll".
I have not been able to get an "Open In" choice by tapping anything. Am I missing something? Thanks,
Owen

Cant attach zipped file

With the guidence of Matt Broughton, my project is screeds ahead of where it was yesterday, but!, as thier always is, ive got one last snag,
File zips up great, but I cant figure how to select it to attach to my mail.
Can select the origional file but all combinations ive tried result in the zipped file not attaching to the out going mail. Ive left the script.
Any help appreciated.
--ZIP ME UP--
on clicked theObject
if name of theObject is "zip" then
set fileChoice to choose file without invisibles
set fileChoice2 to quoted form of POSIX path of ¬
fileChoice as string
set zipFile to (fileChoice & ".zip") as string
set zipFile to quoted form of POSIX path of ¬
zipFile as string
do shell script ¬
"/usr/bin/ditto -c -k -rsrc " & fileChoice2 & " " & zipFile
end if
--ATTACH ZIPPED FILE TO MAIL--
set theAttachments to (fileChoice)
tell application "Mail"
activate
set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {content:return & "Attachment: " & return}
tell newMessage
set visible to true
tell content
if ((count of item of theAttachments) > 0) then
repeat with theAttachment in theAttachments
make new attachment with properties {file name:((theAttachment as text) as alias)} at after the last paragraph
end repeat
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
end clicked
Budgie

Budgie,
I missed the curly brackets.
It should be: set theAttachments to {(fileChoice & ".zip") as string}
repeat with theAttachment in theAttachments
make new attachment with properties {file name:((theAttachment as text) as >alias)} at after the last paragraph
The reason for that is theAttachments need to be a list, without the curly bracets theAttachments is a string.
repeat with theAttachment in theAttachments
Therefore, theAttachment (in theAttachments) is/are letters in theAttachments. The file you select started with M.

Is there a way to open a zip file received via email on the iPad? I tried and a message popped up saying mail cannot open the attachment.

Is there a way to open a zip file received via email on the iPad? I tried and a message popped up saying mail cannot open the attachment.

You need a third party app. Take a look at some of these on this Google page.
Open zip files on iPad

I receive many e-mails with zipped files. In the past few weeks I can no longer open them as I used to. I get a window welcoming me to the Application Loader. ( What is an Application Loader?) It says I need my iTunes Connect login, but when I try my

I receive many e-mails with zipped files. I can no longer open or unzip my files. A window welcoming me to Application Loader drops down. It prompts for an iTunes Connect login, but will no accept my iTunes login. I have no way to open or unzip my files. Help!!!!

Application Loader, unless there's another one I'm not familiar with, is part of the iOS SDK. That have usurped the .zip, or you may have removed that application but your Mac is still holding onto the mapping of Zip files to that application. Select a .zip file in Finder, Get Info, and go to the Open with section. Select Archive Utility and click Change All. That should fix the problem.
Regards.

Rename the zip file and send it using the Receiver Mail Adapter

Hi,
We have a custom module that will create multiple attachments. The result is then passed to the PayloadZipBean, which zips as per required.
When we output this to a file adapter, we provide the file name as say "zippedfile.zip" the result is as expected.
For example, if the custom module created 3 attachments with the names as file1.txt, file2.txt and file3.txt, the zip file zippedfile.zip, will contain 3 files as file1.txt, file2.txt and file3.txt.
The issue that we are facing is when we use the mail adapter, the zip file is getting renamed to file1.txt.zip i.e to say that it takes the name of the main payload from the custom module (file1.txt)
TextPayload txtpayload = message.getDocument();
txtpayload.setContentType("text/plain");
txtpayload.setName("file1.txt");
moduleData.setPrincipalData(message);
We tried using the MessageTransformbean but it doesn't seem to change the name of the file.
Not sure where we are going wrong. Is it that the output of the payloadzipbean cannot be used and altered by MessageTransformbean?
Is there any alternative as to rename the name of zipfiles and use it in the mail adapter?
Appreciate any help on this regard.
Regards,
Shabz

Solved.
use Transform.ContentDisposition - attachment;filename="youfilename"
Do read the mail adapter FAQ.
The parameter can vary for different mail client.

How do I read a zipped file I have received in my mail?

Hi
I have received a zipped word file in the mail but cannot open it. Can I fix this?
J

You need an app that's capable of reading zipped files to open the attachment in and then unzip it e.g. GoodReader (not sure whether it deals with password protected zip files)

E Mailed Zip Files showing up as Password Protected

I export photos to a folder, create zip file, and then e mail them as a regular part of my business. Sometimes these show up to the recipient as a "Password Protected" file. Any idea why???

None, but I reckon that's either Mail or an OS X issue for your version of the Operating System. So I would post on one of those forums.
Regards
TD

Xml file to mail scenario with zip file as an attachment

Hi experts,
I have a file to mail scenario. File is in xml format.
At receiver side, first I want to zip this file and send the zip file as an attachment using mail adapter.
How can i achieve this?
Regards
Divia

Hi Shabarish,
In the module tab i have specified the below beans
localejbs/AF_Modules/MessageTransformBean                           contentType
AF_Modules/PayloadZipBean                                                    zip
sap.com/com.sap.aii.adapter.mail.app/XIMailAdapterBean           mail
In the module configuration i mentioned as
Transform.ContentDescription   file
Transform.ContentDisposition   attachment:filename="file.xml"
zip.filenameKey                      contentType
zip.mode                                zipOne
Now i am getting the mail with zip file as an attachment.But the name of the attachment i got is MainDocument.zip
Even the file name inside the zip is MainDocument.xml.
How can i specify my own file name for both zip file and the file inside the archieve folder.Please help me.
Regards
Divia

File to mail scenario with zip file as an attachment

Hi experts,
I have a file to mail scenario.The mail contains a zip file as an attachment.
The file in the input folder is a zip file. I want to send this zip file via email using mail adapter.How can i achieve this?Please help me to solve it out.
Regards
Divia

Hi Narath,
Do check the below link it will be helpfull
Troubleshooting SOAP, HTTP and Mail Adapter Scenarios with TCPGateway
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Sampath

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