Re: Outlook not sending attachments

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From: Roady [MVP] (newsgroups_DELETE__at__DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 12:42:29 +0200

Nope, we want people to stay on Outlook here :-)

Make sure you're not sending in Rich Text format as it is not supported by
all mail clients. To change your default message format go to Tools->
Options-> tab Mail Format.

For more on Rich Text see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/richtext.htm 

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"Richard" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1128b01c4416c$b9b05130$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>I use Outlook 2000 as my email client. However, when I
> try to send attachments (any file type) they are stripped
> from the message before it reaches the recipient. If I
> use Outlook Express on the same computer (XP Home) the
> attachments are sent as normal. This is a problem that
> has been frustrating me for a long time and I cannot find
> any information on the subject. As far as I can tell the
> email settings are exactly the same in both programs. I
> have a reason for using Outlook as my usual mail client,
> so please don't just suggest that I change to Outlook
> Express permanently.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

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