Title: Attached file appears as textstring
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Attached file appears as textstring

 *  [michaelbang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelbang/)
 * (@michaelbang)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attached-file-appears-as-textstring/)
 * When my visitors attach a file via the Contact 7 form, I receive the message,
   but the attached image is only a (very!) long string of text. Seems like an encoding
   issue.
 * What to do?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attached-file-appears-as-textstring/#post-5931843)
 * What other plugins and theme do you use?

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attached-file-appears-as-textstring/#post-5931843)
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