Read-only lost when file transferred by email

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wal

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More of a rhetorical question since probably nothing can be done about
it...

When I transfer via Outlook a Word file set as read-only (i.e., read-
only set from the file's desktop icon > Properties, not from within
Word), the read-only attribute is lost at the receiving end. I have
to remind the recipient to reset the attribute. Why should this be
the case?

Thanks.
 
The read-only attribute is a function of your file system. You don't
control the file-system of the recipients computer.
 
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