Isn't this something to do with sending messages from Outlook in Rich text, but the
recipient not using Outlook as their mail client?
Steve
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Angel Castillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 12:21:20 -0500
>Ok, I have a user who's claiming that when they try to send an attachment
>the user receiving the attachment receives the attachment that I've included
>in this e-mail. It's called "winmail.dat" Does anyone know what this is
>all about?
>
>Here is the message that our user gave us explaining the situation:
>
>"I sent the letter below to a client. His response was that, while he could
>read the letter, he could not open the attachment. I did not include an
>attachment. Is this "mystery attachment" perhaps caused by the font that I
>use for my email address? I have gotten this same response from other
>clients--but not all of them. But, I don't always use the same font on my
>signature. This is the only thing I can think of. Or, does it have
>anything to do with the fact that I send stuff in Message Rich Text? Or
>perhaps it has to do with the system that is receiving the document.
>
>Please help me figure this out because I would like to eliminate the
>confusion of the "mystery attachment". By the way, here is the attachment
>that shows up on return emails from said clients."
>
>Now, I think the Rich Text part has something to do with it, but I'm not
>sure if the type of font being used is a problem. I also noticed that the
>attachment comes embedded within the e-mail body which I believe I've seen
>on this list in regards to Rich Text being the culprit. Any ideas will be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>-------------------------------------
>Angel Castillo, MCSE, MCP+I
>MIS Dept. Jobs.com
>IMail System Administrator
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(214) 273-7629
>"When you love what you do...you're alive!"
>
>
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