Problems with .JPG and .PDF formats

[Guest]

On some of the documents that I get from friends who use Outlook as email
software, et attachments come as as .DAT files , which I cannot open. My
friends say that they have sent .JPG or .PDF files, but I get the .DAT I
use Eudora for email and attempts to open a .dat file fail. I am told that it
is the set-up on the outlook mail, but my friends do not know how to change
the settings so that when they send .JPG or .PDF, I can actually open those
with XP or Acrobat.

What should be the settings on Outlook to eliminate the special formatting
that it adds?

Thank you

R S Ronen

 

[John Inzer]

On some of the documents that I get from friends who use
Outlook as email software, et attachments come as as .DAT
files , which I cannot open. My friends say that they
have sent .JPG or .PDF files, but I get the .DAT I use
Eudora for email and attempts to open a .dat file fail. I
am told that it is the set-up on the outlook mail, but my
friends do not know how to change the settings so that
when they send .JPG or .PDF, I can actually open those
with XP or Acrobat.

What should be the settings on Outlook to eliminate the
special formatting that it adds?

Thank you

R S Ronen

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Maybe the following links will be useful:

(278061) Attachments in a RTF Message
Are Received As Winmail.dat Attachments
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278061

..dat files in e-mail
http://tinyurl.com/2xsbr

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John Inzer
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