doc files go as dat files in 2003

[Guest]

Recently, i have been attachign doc files to some emails and my students are
receiving them as dat files and are unable to open them. I dont have Word set
as my editor and mail format is html. Nothing has changed recently to warrant
this problem. If i send the mail with the attachment to myself, i am able to
open it. But i checked my webmail and it showed the attachment as a dat file!
ANy answers??
Thanks.

 

[SgtRich]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:05:03 -0700, "mudlling in minneapolis" <mudlling in

Recently, i have been attachign doc files to some emails and my students are
receiving them as dat files and are unable to open them. I dont have Word set
as my editor and mail format is html. Nothing has changed recently to warrant
this problem. If i send the mail with the attachment to myself, i am able to
open it. But i checked my webmail and it showed the attachment as a dat file!

It sounds as if you're unintentionally using the rich text format instead of
the HTML format for your messages.

 

[Marc Seidler]

Is this when you are sending to an @aol.com address by any chance? It could
be a mime issue? I have heard of this afew times in the past.
"Muddling in Minneapolis" <Muddling in
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