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Peter1001
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Outlook Emails

I am new to Dropbox. I have uploaded Outlook Emails to Dropbox. I can open them on my windows PC, but I cannot open them on my Galaxy Android. The "Open with..." window gives me only the File Command...
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    Rich
    2 years ago

    Peter1001 wrote:

    I wasnt prepared for this and dont really like the idea. ... Dropbox really doesnt seem a good alternative for my usage.


    Mark is correct here; it's not the service you're using, it's that you don't have an application on your device that can open the files. Outlook uses a proprietary message format (messages are saved as .MSG files) and they can't be opened by just any program. If OneDrive can read them natively then I suspect that Microsoft programmed it that way since both products are created by Microsoft.

     

    The simple solution is to get a program on your device that can open .MSG files, then it won't matter what service you store them on.

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