Excel attachment becomes DAT format

C

CP

Can anyone tell why it is an excel file (.xls) attachment
sent is received as .DAT format.

Thanks
 
L

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Because the sender is using Rich Text formatting, and the recipient either
isn't using Outlook (or something is stripping out the formatting).

Change to plain text or HTML for your message format.
 

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