Re: winmail.dat

From: Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook] (jfiorelloNOSPAM_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:45:29 -0500

HTML shouldn't cause the same problems in this case...most e-mail programs
can handle HTML these days, while the Rich Text format used by Outlook is
proprietary to Outlook. And the loss of your PDF attachment is definitely
related to the Rich Text issue. Try sending in HTML with the PDF attachment
and see if it works better for you -- it should. 

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In news:9PydnawzOoYU9cfdRVn-hA@adelphia.com,
Grace wrote:
> Does HTML format NOT have these problems that rich text has?  I
> thought the links I oringinally inlcuded suggested the problem was
> with anything but plain text.
>
> Also, do you also think (like John Brandt) the PDF file being
> suppressed is a different problem?  When I change to plain text, the
> PDF comnes through perfectly to AOL and hotmail.  With rich text, it
> is supressed on both.
>
> Thanks,
> G
>   "Diane Poremsky" <info@cdolive.com> wrote in message
> news:eK034sVDEHA.712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>   why do you need to use rich text? In most cases, HTML format will
> work properly and give you some rich-text capabilities.
>
>   RTF should not be used to send internet mail - even if the other
> person has Outlook, their mail server may remove the tnef information
> in the message and they'll get plain text.
>
>   --
>   Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>   Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
>   Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>
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>
>     "Grace" <Whooshbopbang4@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:ecSdndSQ8-_OzMfdRVn-iQ@adelphia.com...
>     Today, I found out that, when sending from Outlook to some
> systems (AOL, hotmail, LOTUS notes), a winmail.dat file gets added.
> I would not mind that much, but it also seems to have supressed an
> actual PDF file I had attached.  After some research, I found that a
> quick fix is to send the e-mail in plain text, rather than rich text.
> Two links that address this problem are included in this e-mail.  I
> have quickly read them and remain confused:
>
>     http://www.brooklyn.com/theatre-sound/winmail.html
>
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q138/0/53.ASP&NoWebContent=1
>
>     In most cases I am sending an e-mail to such a user for the first
> time and do not know what system, such as LOTUS notes, he/she is
> using.  And I kind of need to have rich text.  If that recipient has
> never sent me an e-mail, is there any way to know if there will be a
> problem using rich text and a file attachment when i send them an
> e-mail?  Or am I forced to always play it safe and use only Plain
> Text?
>
>     Also, I am amazed that, despite sending hundreds of similar
> e-mails to different and unknown recipients in the past, I have not
> run up against this problem before. Does anyone know why that might
> be?
>
>     Pls help
>     Grace

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