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A mystery for sure.
um, code running in Outlook on teh Laptop? Any add-ins isntalled? -- Bill R MVP "Arnie1" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news  1E297A0-9AE5-4563-AC5F-(E-Mail Removed)...> Thanks Bill. Maybe I ain't explaining this very well. I can download email > from my Yahoo accounts to either machine or to both. The exact same emails > will show the attachments as dat files on the laptop and cannot be opened. > However on the desktop machine the identical email attachment will appear > as > an attached mail messages and can be opened as normal. Both machines run > the > exact same suite of software i.e. Outlook 2003 on XP. > I fail to see how the senders formating can have any bearing on how one > machine sees the attachment differently from another. > Arnie1 > > "BillR [MVP]" wrote: > >> Is this for all senders? Can you check if they are actually sending as >> Rich >> Text? If they are then advise them not to. If they aren't then you might >> be >> converting them on receipt which will need to be looked into. Outlook can >> "decide" the "best" message format to send over the internet. If you send >> to >> your Laptop over the net it will convert it to html. Well, it will unless >> you set it otherwise. >> >> -- >> Bill R MVP >> "Arnie1" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message >> news:7AC38022-3564-480B-A93E-(E-Mail Removed)... >> > Thanks Bill - you're right they are being sent in Rich Text format but >> > why >> > should my laptop not be able to read this when my desktop can (both >> > using >> > Outlook in an identical manner)? I have no control over the senders I'm >> > afraid. Arnie1 >> > >> > "BillR [MVP]" wrote: >> > >> >> What message format are they being received in on the Laptop? >> >> This can happen when messages are sent using Rich Text Format - >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278061/en-us >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Bill R MVP >> >> "Arnie1" <Arnie1 @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:78C03D93-0330-4A1A-8B1F-(E-Mail Removed)... >> >> >I run Outlook 2003 SP2 on two machines, a laptop and a desk machine. >> >> >The >> >> > Outlook settings are identical (on all the options I can find re >> >> > HTML >> >> > etc). >> >> > Mail with attachments received on the laptop come as dat files and >> >> > cannot >> >> > be >> >> > opened. The same email when forwarded to my desk machine will show >> >> > the >> >> > attachment properly (as a mail item) and can be opened as normal. >> >> > How can I resolve the problem with my laptop? >> >> > Thanks >> >> >> >> |
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