When created from within MS Word, yes they do.
If you use a saner program for your work, they don't. (My guess)
Right: use vi and latex/pdftex/... and you won't get in trouble.
Do _you_ want to tell that to all those MS-Word-users?
I think he was talking about the converter to be used on the mailserver.
Aha. You _think_. Does that mean: If he can not write down what he means in a way that even I can understand it then you need to tell me what he wanted to say because you know that better than me?
Me _THINK_ 2. Thatswhy i wrote in my initial question:
So it seems to be a good idea to filter all outgoing mail with such attachments and convert automagically into pdf.
Of course the MTA will do this jobs cauze it handles all the mails. Michael Appeldorn