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Cannot preview this file type message when trying to open Excel or Msg file

smorin
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March 5, 2020

There appears to be some intermittent issues with this.  I create a user story in the backlog.  Attach an Excel file.  Open the story in a new window and then click the attachment icon.  Get error message.  Then a few minutes later the preview window works.  Same for msg file although not sure they ever open in preview correctly.

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Tal_Sofir
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July 20, 2026

@smorin 
Hi there!

We actually faced this same issue and we have a solution for it. It automatically detects .msg and .eml attachments in Jira and renders them properly as full email content directly in the preview, rather than showing a broken/unsupported file view.
Screenshot 2026-07-20 102249.png

If you're interested in checking it out, feel free to reach out to us.

Contact us: https://www.methoda.com/contact-us

Just mention that Tal Sofir sent you!

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