Systems and methods for viewing non-HTML email attachments

摘要

A method of displaying attachments associated with an electronic message displays an electronic message in a first instance of a client application (e.g., a web browser) running on a client computer. The electronic message includes one or more attachment viewing links, each link corresponding to an attachment associated with the electronic message and each attachment having a particular document type. After a single user selection of one of the attachment viewing links, a converted document (e.g., an HTML file) is transferred from a document storage system to the client computer. The converted document corresponds to one of the attachments associated with the message and the converted document has a document type different from the document type of the attachment. The converted document is displayed in a second instance of the client application.

主权项

1. A method of displaying attachments associated with an electronic message, comprising:
on a client system:
displaying an electronic message in a first instance of a client application, the electronic message including a first attachment viewing link corresponding to a first attachment associated with the electronic message; the first attachment having a document type; andin response to a single user action consisting of selection of the first attachment viewing link:
obtaining, from a document storage system, a first converted document corresponding to the first attachment, wherein the first converted document is converted in response to the single user action and has a document type different from the document type of the first attachment; anddisplaying the first converted document in a second instance of the client application.