Re: Outlook 2000 Attachments Aren't Always Sent

From: Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook] (jfiorelloNOSPAM_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/09/04 

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 00:58:11 -0500

What format are these messages being sent in, and are they being sent to
recipients who are also using Outlook or are they using some other e-mail
program? 

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Jocelyn Fiorello
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In news:Pla3c.526253$na.1183985@attbi_s04,
John R. Bennett wrote:
> I am using Outlook 2000 (SP3) with all the latest security updates in
> a Terminal Server 2000 environment.  I have one client that for some
> reason, intermittently, her email attachments are not being sent.
> The email arrives to the intended recipient but without the
> attachment.  She then forwards the message to me and I get the
> attachment no problem.  Also, if she sends the attachment to the same
> recipient via Outlook Express 6.0 it does get correctly sent.  There
> is no message that any attachments were removed in the sent or
> received emails.
>
> Our firewall does not strip outgoing attachments and I am not running
> any other attachment scanning utility (besides Symantec Antivirus).
> I do not have this problem with any of the 50 other Terminal Server
> users that I have.
>
> I thought it might be the recipient accounts stripping the
> attachments but then they wouldn't have gotten through when she used
> Outlook Express either. And I have forwarded her messages to the
> original recipient from my own separate account and they have gotten
> through as well.
>
> I have deleted and recreated her user account on the network, deleted
> her user folder on the Terminal Server, and deleted and recreated her
> email account and hoepfully that will fix it.  The email account is
> hosted by an external ISP.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions or ideas.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Bennett

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