.xls file after emailing

[Brad]

An .xls file was sent as an attachment via Outlook and
the file was received as a .dat file. Happens every
time. rename to .xls and the file is not readable. Any
ideas on why this is happening and are there any fixes
for that? Thanks in advance.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Here's a previous discussion that might help:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]