attachments arrive at dest. missing or as winmail.dat files

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Attachment headaches:

1. When I click on icon and attach a doc, it will appear
in 1 of 3 places (1) a line under subject titled ATTACH,
(2) within body of text, or (3) at bottom in its own
panel. Why 3 places?

2. When I send attachments, they frequently arrive
missing completely or as a winmail.dat file. Why?

All help greatly appreciated,
Tom
 
Use Plain Text or HTML and voila (or, as a friend says, 'wa-la'), problems
solved!
 
Rich Text formatted messages will put an attachment icon in the body of
the message, while HTML or Plain Text formatted messages put the
attachment icon either in a line under the Subject line or in its own
pane at the bottom, depending on your version of Outlook. Rich Text
formatting is also the culprit behind the winmail.dat file -- most other
e-mail programs can't handle Outlook's proprietary Rich Text formatting
so it gets stuck in that winmail.dat file and any other attachments are
lost. Use HTML or Plain Text format to send to non-Outlook users.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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But I'm sending docs with lots of color, tables and other
formating. Won't the formating be stripped away if I send
as plain text?
Tom
 
Then use HTML. :-)
But I'm sending docs with lots of color, tables and other
formating. Won't the formating be stripped away if I send
as plain text?
Tom
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nope, as long as it is send as an attachment it doesn't matter which mail
format you choose
 
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