Curse of the winmail.dat - Outlook 2007

[ChinaLamb]

No matter what I do, I cannot get rid of "winmail.dat" files with Outlook
2007.

I have gone through and changed all my contacts - (all 700 of them!!!) to
"let outlook decide" for the email type, and then within a week or two, it
changes back!!!!

PLEASE HELP ME!

I am also using a windows Smart phone syncing through bluetooth, if that
makes any difference - maybe that is causing the problems?

PLEASE HELP!

 

[ChinaLamb]

It is a BUG with either MS Outlook or Activesync.

If a contact is edited on the smartphone, then sync'd again, the Internet
type will be set back to Rich Text!

WOW, ANy way to fix this???

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Since it's an edit initiated from your SmartPhone, to ActviveSync and then
in the last to Outlook, I would start in the Windows Mobile newsgroup;
pocketpc.activesync

You have the latest version of ActiveSync installed as well?

 

[ChinaLamb]

I am using Vista, is this integrated, or are there separate updates?

Thanks!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Then you really shouldn't be using ActiveSync and I wonder how you managed
to install this in the first place. Windows Mobile based devices can be
synced with Outlook in Vista with Windows Mobile Device Center. You can
download this via the Windows Mobile website or via Windows Update when your
device is connected to the computer. In all cases, make sure you uninstall
ActiveSync first.

 

[ChinaLamb]

Sorry, I used the wrong word, I am using the Microsoft Mobile Device
Center Sync Center software...

I just installed version 6.1.6965.

The problem is still occurring, however I cannot get it to reproduce as
often as it did before.

I am still getting contacts jumping from one state - Let outlook decide - to
another state - Rich Text... I am so tired of this.

WHY ISNT THERE AN OVERRIDE SWITCH!?? Why can't outlook just have a setting,
"Always send with HTML"?????

Sorry, I am so frustrated with this problem. SO frustrated.

I am also wondering why this is not integrated into windows update once it
is installed.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am still getting contacts jumping from one state - Let outlook
decide - to another state - Rich Text... I am so tired of this.

I can believe it. Consider asking also in microsoft.public.smartphone. The
problem lies in either your phone or the WMDC.