MS word .doc or .docx attachments will not send or receive in Thunderbird

I'm on Mac OS X 10.9.5 and Thunderbird 31.5.0. When I enclose a .doc or .docx file in Thunderbird to an outgoing message, the attachment disappears. The welcome message send as usual, but when I go in my sent folder, there is no attachment, and when the recipient receives the message, there is no attachment. I've tried this multiple accounts, both IMAP and POP, and I tried with many different .doc or .docx files, sending them to myself as tests. Whenever they disappear. Other attachments: .pdf, .zip, etc work fine.

I found a solution to this problem:

http://www.GEOS.ed.AC.UK/it/FAQ/Thunderbird/

In some cases, the Thunderbird e-mail client may send a file .doc (Word attachment) with the coding of incorrect mime "application/applefile. To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

(1) close Thunderbird.
2) go to the following directory: \Library\Thunderbird\Profiles \Users\ < your user name >
(3) open the directory named with a random set of characters, for example "yo6luyl8.default". There may be several directories if you have several profiles of Thunderbird.
(4) delete the file named "mimeTypes.rdf".
(5) restart Thunderbird that will recreate a correct mimeTypes.rdf

Thunderbird seems to acquire this behavior when it receives incorrect attachments sent by an e-mail on a Mac client. swalvarez said

I'm on Mac OS X 10.9.5 and Thunderbird 31.5.0. When I enclose a .doc or .docx file in Thunderbird to an outgoing message, the attachment disappears. The welcome message send as usual, but when I go in my sent folder, there is no attachment, and when the recipient receives the message, there is no attachment. I've tried this multiple accounts, both IMAP and POP, and I tried with many different .doc or .docx files, sending them to myself as tests. Whenever they disappear. Other attachments: .pdf, .zip, etc work fine.

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