winmail.dat - what causes this pls?

[Dylan56]

I get so many of these winmail.dat problems. Most of the time, when I
send a friend attachments, she gets winmail.dat and then I have to
turn around and re-send email but via a webmail account. She always
gets those fine. Trouble is that my mail comes to my O2K account.

How can I fix this pls so I stop getting winmail.dat??!!

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Change your message format from Rich Text to either Plain Text or HTML. Only
Outlook can read rich text, and even if you were sending to someone else who
uses Outlook, the formatting may get stripped out by a server/router along
the way....

 

[Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]]

Try using Plain Text format to send your attachment.

To change the format of your email:
Open TOOLS | OPTIONS... | MAIL FORMAT

For more info:

How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;138053

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Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

I get so many of these winmail.dat problems. Most of the time, when I
send a friend attachments, she gets winmail.dat and then I have to
turn around and re-send email but via a webmail account. She always
gets those fine. Trouble is that my mail comes to my O2K account.

How can I fix this pls so I stop getting winmail.dat??!!

 

[Dylan56]

Try using Plain Text format to send your attachment.

To change the format of your email:
Open TOOLS | OPTIONS... | MAIL FORMAT

For more info:

How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;138053

Thank you for your responses. Done. I changed the format. I'll test
to see how that goes.

Cheers!
D