Re: My attachments can't be opened by others

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:04:20 -0400

Have you tried sending in Plain Text?
The fact that you can't do this with Yahoo or Hotmail tells me this is not
an Outlook problem. Can you send a small text file (create one in notepad
and save it) and send it out via Outlook using plain text?

Williams wrote:
> About 2 months ago we upgraded from Windows 98 2nd Edition
> and Office 98 to Windows XP Home Edition and Office 2000.
> Prior to that, I rarely had anyone who couldn't open my
> attachments. Now I rarely find anyone who CAN open them.
>
> The documents I'm sending are Word .docs. I've tried
> sending and saving in other versions such as Rich Text
> Format etc. I've tried sending from Yahoo or Hotmail. It
> doesn't seem to make any difference. I run a small
> business from my home and this has just about shut me
> down. I need answers.

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