When sending a Word .doc attachment it is received a a win.dat fil

[Karen]

When I send a Word document as an attachment in Outook 3, the receiver is
getting a win.dat file that cannot be opened. How do I correct this?

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

What the heck is Outlook 3?

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278061 "Winmail.dat
attachments are included in received e-mail messages in Outlook
2002 or in Outlook 2003" and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197064 "Winmail.dat attachments
are included in received messages in Outlook 2000".

 

[Graham Mayor]

Outlook 3?
Don't send Word documents unless they are compressed as ZIP (or other
similar format). Most likely the problem is caused by a security measure.

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[Karen]

Outlook 2003...............

What the heck is Outlook 3?

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278061 "Winmail.dat
attachments are included in received e-mail messages in Outlook
2002 or in Outlook 2003" and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197064 "Winmail.dat attachments
are included in received messages in Outlook 2000".

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I wondered that too but I use OE instead of Outlook. What do I know?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[Der Fleder Dog]

Could you expound on this issue a little? It might have something to do with
the problem I am having.

When I open a Word file from an Outlook message, the table of contents
updates but displays all page numbers as '2'. The page number links work
properly; they just don't display properly. If I save the Word file to disk
and then open it, the page numbers are correctly displayed.

The problem is circumvented if the Word file is first zipped but I am
interested in knowing if the problem can be prevented in the first place.

Thanks for your help.

 

[afdtk]

I'm constnatly amazed by the utter bull**** that MS places between users and
usability. I've been having this same probem and the crap I'll have to go
through to read the material people send me and the time it takes is utterly
infuriating.

 

[CyberTaz]

Keep in mind that attachments don't actually exist as files on your local
system. There's a great deal omitted which the supporting app isn't privy to
until the actual file is created on a local device. That bare minimum is
intended for display purposes only.

Simply save the attachment locally then open the file & you'll obviate most
of the problems. There are any number of other issues, however, caused by
the sender, the recipient, or mis-configured mail systems in between them,
over which MS has no more control than we do.

To be quite frank - in the final analysis - the primary reason we have to go
through so much "crap" is that those on the other end actually *send* the
crap to us

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Diomhain]

I have the same problem. I create a document in Word 2003 and then attach it
to a group email using Outlook 2003. Some recipients are able to open;
however, others receive it as a win.dat and are unable to open. Do they need
to change settings on their system?

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hello Diomhain

I have the same problem. I create a document in Word 2003 and then attach it
to a group email using Outlook 2003. Some recipients are able to open;
however, others receive it as a win.dat and are unable to open. Do they need
to change settings on their system?

"win.dat", or rather "winmail.dat"?

If the latter, Outlook (or OE) has been set to create E-Mails in RTF.
And only Outlook itself can manage that properly. Best to choose HTML
(or, well, TXT only ... ).

HTH
Robert