Attaching .doc files

>-----Original Message-----
>When I attach a .doc file to an email, the person on the
>receivng end gets a .dat file. Does anyone know how to
>remedy this?
>.
>I have having same problem. I am using Outlook 2002
with no Exchange Server, replicating directly with my ISP
account. The bottom line is that see article 278601 and
read resolution, which is send email in plain text
format. I have posted questions to microsoft on why the
send in html option did not solve my problem, so I have
went back to send in plain text.