# Gmail, document contains no data, why do I get this when I try to send attachments?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-document-contains-no-data-why-do-i-get-this-when-i-try-to-send-attachments/326641>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 17, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-document-contains-no-data-why-do-i-get-this-when-i-try-to-send-attachments/326641 "2005-10-17T19:58:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-document-contains-no-data-why-do-i-get-this-when-i-try-to-send-attachments/326641/1 "2005-10-17T19:58:21Z")

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the title says it all, with Gmail I some times get the “document contains no data” error inspite of the fact that the document most definitly does contain data. I have even tried to change the file extension to bypass any weird filters but no luck. it gets damn old trying to send files over the net and finding out I cant.

in a related question, why do I get the “operation has timed out when trying to contact the hampsters at the SD message boards” message when I try to post on my way out the door?