It is no longer an option in Outlook/Exchange 2010. It was still available (but not by default) in 2007, but was accompanied by warnings about compatibility.
-- From the iPad of Barry Wainwright On 19 Sep 2010, at 15:03, William Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/19/10 8:54 AM, "Jim Robertson" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just did a little test. I composed a message in Windows Outlook 2007, >> added an Excel file (.xlsx), and emailed it to a POP account on my Mac. It >> came to me just fine. I did it again, this time using Outlook as an >> Exchange >> Server client using Outlook Web Access (which, probably fortunately, >> cannot >> create messages in Rich Text Format). Once again, no problem receiving the >> message. Third test: back in the Windows Office Outlook 2007 client, >> compose >> a message in Rich Text Format, add the Excel file, send it to a POP >> account >> in Entourage: this time, the Excel file appears as an icon in the body of >> the message, and when it arrives to be read in Entourage, THE EXCEL FILE >> IS >> LISTED AS AN ATTACHMENT AND OPENS JUST FINE! (I had expected a winmail.dat >> file). > > I¹ve read Barry¹s explanation of this problem and then read how you > conducted your tests. Can you check for that RFT setting in your > recipient¹s contact record? I would guess that if you¹re choosing a > recipient from your Global Address List then you won¹t see this issue at > all. > > Barry, is the RFT option still an option in Outlook 2007 and 2010 for > Windows? Can it still be enabled by someone not understanding the side > effect? > > -- > > William Smith > > > -- > 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
