Outlook attachments

[snelson]

When i send a simple word attachment from my outlook client, to a web
based recipient such as yahoo.com, verizon.net or netzero.net, the
recipient cannot see the attachment. Or when they can see it, the
attachment is inaccessible.
We have our own Exchange 5.5 server which has worked flawlessly for the
last 5 years.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

If you ZIP it does that change anything? Did you change anything on your end
of things like addons on the server or your client?

 

[K. Orland]

What format are you using: plain text, rich text, html? Are you using Word as
your editor and perhaps it's a different version than Outlook?
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[Brian Tillman]

What format are you using: plain text, rich text, html? Are you using
Word as your editor and perhaps it's a different version than Outlook?

If it were a different version, they wouldn't be using it.

 

[Gordon]

If it were a different version, they wouldn't be using it.

More like "couldn't".....

 

[K. Orland]

Or *shouldn't*.
I worked at a place until last year that used Office 97 with Outlook 2000.
The issue of using Word 97 as the email editor for Outlook 2000 came up often
and always caused very predictable issues. Different versions shouldn't be
used, but often are in the workplace. Depends on budget!

 

[Gordon]

Or *shouldn't*.

I didn't think you *could* use a dissimilar version as email editor.....

 

[K. Orland]

You actually can but the issues are always the same. It *WILL* strip out
attachments, in particular to non-Outlook clients. Internal users might
receive the attachment in that circumstance but certainly external recipients
not using Outlook would most definitely not.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I didn't think you *could* use a dissimilar version as email
editor.....

Outlook 2000 was the only version documented to be able to use two versions
of Word: 97 and 2000.