Forwarding Calendar item

[Gordon]

Outlook 2007, mail format set to plain text. When I forward a calendar item
to a Thunderbird user, that user receives it as a winmail.dat attachment.
All other types of attachment are received as they should be.
Can anyone suggest a reason for this?

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Do you have the iCalendar option selected here: Tools menu > Options >
Calendar?

 

[Gordon]

Do you have the iCalendar option selected here: Tools menu > Options >
Calendar?

Yes it it.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

do other attachments arrive correctly to that user? if not, verify the
address is not marked to always receive rtf by opening his contact and
double clicking on the address.

 

[Gordon]

do other attachments arrive correctly to that user? if not, verify the
address is not marked to always receive rtf by opening his contact and
double clicking on the address.

as I said in my original post, all other attachments arrive perfectly
normally (word, excel, powerpoint)

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Hmmm, maybe it's because you're forwarding an Outlook object not inviting
the user. If you invite the user to a new meeting, does it work better?

 

[Gordon]

Hmmm, maybe it's because you're forwarding an Outlook object not inviting
the user. If you invite the user to a new meeting, does it work better?

That seems ok - however the object of the exercise is to send the calendar
item to the Thunderbird Recipient in order for him to copy it into his
calendar....

 

[Brian Tillman]

Outlook 2007, mail format set to plain text. When I forward a
calendar item to a Thunderbird user, that user receives it as a
winmail.dat attachment. All other types of attachment are received as
they should be. Can anyone suggest a reason for this?

It this person in your Contacts? If so, open the person's contact record
and double-click the E-mail address. Examine the "Internet format"
drop-down at the bottom. If it says "Always use Rich Text", change it to
"Let Outlook decide..."