How to open Mime type attachments?.

[Jackrushing]

I have a new ProMac, and I cannot open mail attachments from my PC
friends that are sent Mime type, or something called powerpoint.
What do I need to do, to be able to open these?

 

[MisterMe]

I have a new ProMac, and I cannot open mail attachments from my PC
friends that are sent Mime type, or something called powerpoint.
What do I need to do, to be able to open these?

PowerPoint is the famous Microsoft presentation app. Its files may be opened using Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, or Sun StarOffice/OpenOffice/NeoOffice.

MIME is the acronym for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. Virtually all filetypes are MIME types. Their use has gone extended from strictly email to most Internet apps. Your web browser associates each file with its Internet plug-in or helper app based on its MIME type. Operating systems like BeOS associate files to their default apps according to their MIME types.

That said, certain Windows email apps appear to foul-up the MIME-type/default app association with attachments. There are several utilities that may be able to decode your attachments, Stuffit Expander, Decoder, or TNEF's Enough.