Attachments in Outlook appear as DAT files

[Liz Jordan]

Hi

If I attach a Word document as an attachment in Outlook, when it arrives at
its destination, it is no longer a .doc file but has changed to a .dat file.
This didn't used to happen in Outlook Express and I can't find a setting to
change.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks in advance

Liz

 

[Gordon]

Hi

If I attach a Word document as an attachment in Outlook, when it arrives at
its destination, it is no longer a .doc file but has changed to a .dat file.
This didn't used to happen in Outlook Express and I can't find a setting to
change.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks in advance

Liz

Change you mail formt from RTF to text or HTML.

 

[Joe]

Hi Liz,

I have just received an answer to the same question (mine
you can see on general questions - Office). The
winmail.dat is received when the sender is using "Rich
Text Format" - use text only and it works!
However, my question remains, "how do you
stop "winmail.dat" and still continue to use RICH TEXT
FORMAT?

Regards
Joe

 

[Gordon]

Hi Liz,

I have just received an answer to the same question (mine
you can see on general questions - Office). The
winmail.dat is received when the sender is using "Rich
Text Format" - use text only and it works!
However, my question remains, "how do you
stop "winmail.dat" and still continue to use RICH TEXT
FORMAT?

Regards
Joe

You can use RTF between Outlook users - it is other mail clients that can't
read it.

 

[Liz Jordan]

"> > Hi

Change you mail formt from RTF to text or HTML.

Thanks for the suggestion. I went into Tools, Options and looked at the
Mail Format tab. It is already set to Plain Text. Any further suggestions
anyone?

Liz

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

If you're using Word as your e-mail editor, you may still have the RTF
problem -- try using Outlook's e-mail editor instead.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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