MrTwister
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join:2003-09-27
Hilliard, OH
|  Viewing a *.spf file
I received a secure email from my health care provider,
and there was an attachment. The file ended in a .SPF.
the representative said all I had to do was double-click
on the attachment and I could view it. Well suffice to
say, I did, and both firefox and MS IExlorer tried to
download the attachment as opposed to viewing it.
I've looked and there are very few viewers out there, and
everyone of the sites listed, McAfee siteadvisor and
WorldOfTrust(WoT).
Does anyone know of any viewer or way to view this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
MT |
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nwrickert
sand groper
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join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Is this possibly a plain text file giving an SPF report on the message?
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Pol···ramework
Maybe an examination of the message source (if your mail client supports that) will clarify things. |
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MrTwister
Premium
join:2003-09-27
Hilliard, OH
| The attachment was XXXXXX.spf file.
I had thought it was a botched *.pdf file,
but now luck. I tried as a *.txt file
and when I pulled it up, it was encoded.
The health care provider uses some document
imaging system as the top of the file
there was text saying it came from a sybase
system running on an IBM RS6000 AIX box.
It had to be some sort of post script type file
as there were barcodes and other stuff embedded
in the file.
I replied back to the customer service person,
and asked how to read the file, she just said
to double click the file on the line and I could read it.
Since my browser could not read the *.spf file,
it wanted to download the attachment.
Something I found very odd, was a lot of the sites
that came up when I searched, wanted to do a
registry scan seeings they figured if I couldn't read
the *.spf file, my system must be horked.
Very odd indeed. Most document imaging systems use
the standard *.pdf extensions. Even the three different
document image vendors we use throughout the state
enterprise wide. Some of those are hoakie at best, but
they build off of onbase.
Still scratching my head. |
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blarson007
Premium
join:2004-08-07
Southern Pines, NC | reply to MrTwister
ShadowProtect, a backup system from StorageCraft, produces .SPF files. Double-clicking the file lets you mount and view the file when ShadowProtect is installed. |
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Rxdoxx
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Middle River, MD
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Washington & Balti..
| reply to MrTwister
Well, I've just had a merry google and come up with zip.
5 different types of spf files  from slide presentation file, on up and down.
Best bet looks like it is a xml and they are expecting your browser to handle it.
R-clicking, choosing MSIE or Firefox doesn't work?
Tried dragging the file to an open one?
Maybe Opera portable (free)? »www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm Portable so it doesn't install and change any of your system settings... probably not, but a long shot chance.
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MrTwister
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join:2003-09-27
Hilliard, OH
| reply to MrTwister
Great, I'll have to give those a try. I've
been in meetings all day, and am in the middle of
setting up a few probes for a few projects.
As soon as I get a little breathing room, I'll
give those a try. I'll try them on one of
my VM images, that way I have to option to
roll back, or kill the image when I'm done.
Thanks again, I'll let you know.
MT |
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almex
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join:2001-09-18
Henderson, NV
clubs:
·Cox HSI
| reply to MrTwister
»file-extension.net/seeker/file_extension_spf
Could be one of 18 different filetypes. Most common seems to be an image file.
Personally, sending a non-standard document type to customers is very irritating. What program starts up when the customer service rep opens that kind of file? Worst case, I would demand they send it again in a more common format.
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