Are you being intentionally obtuse?
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
| The winmail.dat file is not in RTF format,
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http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| | > Eudora can read RTF messages... read the message to which I replied that
| > stated that only Outlook reads RTF... Eudora does as well.
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| > Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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| > Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
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| > | > | How does Eudora use winmail.dat?
| > | All I see when receiving such a message is a winmail.dat file in
| Eudora's
| > | attachments directory.
| > | Can Eudora open the winmail.dat file?
| > | If so, how?
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http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.
| > | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| > <
[email protected]>
| > | wrote in message | > | > Actually, Eudora uses it as well.
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| > | > Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
| > | >
| > | > Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
| > | > the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
| personal
| > | > account will be deleted without reading.
| > | >
| > | > After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Gordon
asked:
| > | >
| > | > | | > | > ||
| > | > ||| -----Original Message-----
| > | > ||| On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:55:12 -0700, "Joe"
| > | > |||
| > | > |||| I am using Windows 2000 Professional and Office 2000
| > | > |||| Premium.
| > | > |||| When sending word.doc file attachments, the recipiant
| > | > |||| complains that he/she/they receive a file attachment
| > | > |||| called "winmail.dat" and that they cannot open. When the
| > | > |||| email and attachment is returned to me in full - even I
| > | > |||| cannot open it.
| > | > |||| What do I have to do to ensure that this stops from
| > | > |||| happening again?
| > | > |||
| > | > ||| Send your email messages in plain text format instead of
| > | > || Rich Text Format
| > | > ||| (RTF)
| > | > |||
| > | > ||| See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
| > | > || us;138053
| > | > ||| ..
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| > | > ||| Robert B. Clark (email ROT13'ed)
| > | > ||| Visit ClarkWehyr Enterprises On-Line at
| > | > |||
http://www.3clarks.com/ClarkWehyr/ .
| > | > ||
| > | > || Robert,
| > | > ||
| > | > || Thanks for the information, I have tried this and yes it
| > | > || works, however, I wish to use the tool bar of "Rich Text
| > | > || Format". Is there no other way to resolve this issue?
| > | > ||
| > | > || Thanks and Regards
| > | > || Joe
| > | > ||
| > | > |
| > | > | No there's not, because what is happening is that the recipients
who
| > | > | are seeing the winmail.dat attachment are not using Outlook. Only
| > | > | Outlook users can read RTF mail - it's a Microsoft standard which
is
| > | > | not used by non-Microsoft mail clients.
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