Outlook Rich Text, Attachments, and Winmail.dat

[Tim Fitch]

Apparently, an attachment created within Outlook 98 Rich
Text Format and sent to Outlook Express comes in as an
unusable "winmail.dat" file. But changing Outlook 98 to
Plain Text Format enables creating and sending the
attachment to Outlook Express in a normal and usable way.
My questions are (1) Is the above statement correct and
reasoanbly complete as given?, and (2) Would Outlook 98
Rich Text users have a similar problems sending an
attachment to other email programs such as Eudora? In
other words,is using Rich Text Format on Outlook 98 not a
very good idea, unless you never send attachments?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Using Outlook Rich Text format to send to non-Outlook users will always
result in a winmail.dat. Use Plain or HTML formatted messages.

Eudora "can" read RTF messages but it depends on the version.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Tim Fitch <[email protected]> asked:

| Apparently, an attachment created within Outlook 98 Rich
| Text Format and sent to Outlook Express comes in as an
| unusable "winmail.dat" file. But changing Outlook 98 to
| Plain Text Format enables creating and sending the
| attachment to Outlook Express in a normal and usable way.
| My questions are (1) Is the above statement correct and
| reasoanbly complete as given?, and (2) Would Outlook 98
| Rich Text users have a similar problems sending an
| attachment to other email programs such as Eudora? In
| other words,is using Rich Text Format on Outlook 98 not a
| very good idea, unless you never send attachments?