diff --git a/rowers/mailprocessing.py b/rowers/mailprocessing.py
index 3d540645..647f25e6 100644
--- a/rowers/mailprocessing.py
+++ b/rowers/mailprocessing.py
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ def make_new_workout_from_email(rr,f2,name,cntr=0):
     except IOError:
         f2 = f2.name+'.gz'
         fileformat = get_file_type('media/'+f2)
+    except AttributeError:
+        fileformat = get_file_type('media/'+f2)
 
     if len(fileformat)==3 and fileformat[0]=='zip':
         f_to_be_deleted = f2
diff --git a/rowers/management/commands/processemail.py b/rowers/management/commands/processemail.py
index 5552980f..2fc1724f 100644
--- a/rowers/management/commands/processemail.py
+++ b/rowers/management/commands/processemail.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ sys.path.append('$path_to_root_of_project$/$project_name$')
 
 os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = '$project_name$.settings'
 
+import zipfile
+
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 from django.conf import settings
 #from rowers.mailprocessing import processattachments
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 	attachments = MessageAttachment.objects.all()
 	cntr = 0
 	for a in attachments:
+            extension = a.document.name[-3:].lower()
+            print "aap ",extension
 	    donotdelete = 0
 	    m = Message.objects.get(id=a.message_id)
 	    from_address = m.from_address[0].lower()
@@ -55,20 +59,38 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 	    for u in theusers:
 		try:
 		    rr = Rower.objects.get(user=u.id)
+                    if extension == 'zip':
+                        z = zipfile.ZipFile(a.document)
+                        for f in z.namelist():
+                            f2 = z.extract(f,path='media/')
+                            try:
+                                wid = [
+                                    make_new_workout_from_email(rr,f2[6:],name)
+                                ]
+                                res += wid
+                                link = 'http://rowsandall.com/rowers/workout/'+str(wid)+'/edit'
+                                dd = send_confirm(u,name,link)
+                            except:
+                                pass
+                    else:
 		    # move attachment and make workout
-		    try:
-		        wid = [make_new_workout_from_email(rr,a.document,name)]
-                        res += wid
-                        link = 'http://rowsandall.com/rowers/workout/'+str(wid[0])+'/edit'
+		        try:
+		            wid = [
+                                make_new_workout_from_email(rr,
+                                                            a.document,
+                                                            name)
+                            ]
+                            res += wid
+                            link = 'http://rowsandall.com/rowers/workout/'+str(wid[0])+'/edit'
                         
-		    except:
-			# replace with code to process error
-			res += ['fail: '+name]
-			donotdelete = 1
-                    try:
-                        dd = send_confirm(u,name,link)
-                    except:
-                        pass
+		        except:
+			    # replace with code to process error
+			    res += ['fail: '+name]
+			    donotdelete = 1
+                        try:
+                            dd = send_confirm(u,name,link)
+                        except:
+                            pass
 
 		except Rower.DoesNotExist:
 		    pass