Attachment format changes

[Bill]

Recently sent several e-mails using Outlook that were
either pdf or xls format. Receipient got dat files and a
warning not to open them. What's going on? How does the
format get changed?

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Make sure you use HTML or Plain Text format when sending messages to Outlook
Express users, or users of any other e-mail client besides Outlook. Don't
use Rich Text format, which is proprietary to Outlook and will cause
problems for other recipients, one of which is that they won't get your
attachments and will likely get that ".dat" file instead.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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