Thanks for the clarification of the problem. I get PC generated .xls and .com files all the time via Entourage and have never seen the problem you describe.
Good luck. I don't think I can help On 9/18/10 10:27 AM, "Hendrik Velthuis" <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think you understood what I said: > > The Senders are sending regular .xls and .xlsx files - everyone on PCs all > over the world are receiving the files a-ok. > > The PROBLEM is in our new MacBooks - we're the only ones who can't receive > through Mail or Entourage - and get the Winmail.dat files instead. > > If we use Safari and enter our gmail, hotmail or yahoomail application that > way instead of POPing the mail into Entourage we can see the Excel files > clear as day... We can even download them from the internet that way onto > the MacBooks through Safari... Problem is when Mail and Entourage POP bring > the mails down. > > So it's NOT that Outlook is sending these Winmail.dat files (no-one else > gets them) it's that Mail and Entourage somehow can't download the files > properly! > > H > > > On 9/18/10 10:13 AM, "arkay" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I sure hope the new Outlook for Mac 2011 will have a user option to NOT >> send the dumb Winmail.dat files. This is one (of many reasons) I hated >> the PC Outlook application. I disliked the program so bad I sold my wife's >> Dell laptop and got MacBook Pro so I would not have to deal with Windows >> junk. >> >> >> -- >> YouTalk mailing list >> List information: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html >> List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] >> To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe > > > -- > YouTalk mailing list > List information: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html > List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] > To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe -- YouTalk mailing list List information: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
