Outlook 2002 cannot open an Outlook 2003 message

[Guest]

Tried to open a message created in Outlook 2003 using Outlook 2002. Receive
an error message: "Outlook cannot open this message. A newer version, such
as Outlook 2003 or later, is required to open this message." The messages do
contain attachments, but removing the attachments didn't help in opening the
messages.

Some other messages from Outlook 2003 can be opened in Outlook 2002.

Thanks!

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Not sure but a message from a Unicode PST might not be openable by OL2002 at
all

 

[Brian Tillman]

Tried to open a message created in Outlook 2003 using Outlook 2002.
Receive an error message: "Outlook cannot open this message. A newer
version, such as Outlook 2003 or later, is required to open this
message." The messages do contain attachments, but removing the
attachments didn't help in opening the messages.

Some other messages from Outlook 2003 can be opened in Outlook 2002.

Unicode messages created by OL 2003 can't be opened in OL 2002. In OL 2003,
click Tools>Other>Advanced Options and uncheck "Use Unicode Message Format
when saving messages" and then OL 2002 will be able to open them.

 

[Guest]

Unicode messages created by OL 2003 can't be opened in OL 2002. In OL 2003,
click Tools>Other>Advanced Options and uncheck "Use Unicode Message Format
when saving messages" and then OL 2002 will be able to open them.

This only seems to be relevant though if users save a message by dragging it
directly out of Outlook and into a windows folder.
The option to Save As 'Outlook Message Format - Unicode' still seems to
exist if a user chooses to save a message using Save As, even if the above
mentioned option is unchecked.

At least this is what happens on our systems.