Re: [OT] outlook attachments - ATTxxxx.dat

["Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you're sending from Outlook using Rich text, then only Outlook (not even
outlook
express) will be able to read the attachments (unless you use a tool
specifically for
decoding these things)

Try using HTML instead.

HTH
Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clive Chapman" <clivechapman@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:19 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] outlook attachments - ATTxxxx.dat


> Sorry for the OT post but I thought someone might be able to help !
>
> we've an old laptop here that's never been blessed with runnin email
> etc.....
>
> any way another machine has gone down and so put it on the network and
set
> up email.
>
> sometimes when sending emails the attachements arrive encoded as
ATTxxxx.DAT
> files ?
>
> Any ideas ?   I've searhced the web and more or less everthing I've
found
> suggests just sending as Plain Text - but that will mean not being
able to
> embed images etc .....   - won't it ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Clive