Re: Outlook - Hotmail attachments at .dat files

From: Courtney (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:01:02 -0700

Yes, I was using rich text. Is that OK? I don't really
know that rich text is necessary, or what the difference
between plain text, rich text, and HTML are...

I just want to maintain my Word formatting on most of my
messages.

Does that help?
>-----Original Message-----
>Are you using rich text (RTF) or html format?
>
>typically, to change the format in the contacts folder,
you open the contact
>and click on the email address and set it to plain text
there. but it's only
>necessary if you are forcing them as RTF.
>
>--
>Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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>"Courtney" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>news:2bad01c45a3c$955ca1b0$7d02280a@phx.gbl...
>> Can anyone help me?
>>
>> I just realized that my Outlook/hotmail account has
been
>> sending attachment attachments as *.dat files. This
>> occurs randomly, and I don't how to prevent it.
>>
>> I read the article, "How to Prevent the Winmail.dat
File
>> from Being Sent to Internet Users"
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=138053. But, I
don't
>> understand how to configure my personal address book.
I
>> don't even use it.
>>
>> I have contacts set up in Outlook, but I had no idea
this
>> was affecting the way their email messages were sent.
I
>> use my hotmail account to sent out my resumes, and I
>> would like to be able to maintain the formatting of
>> Word. Is there anything I can do to prevent these .dat
>> files from happening.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Courtney
>>
>
>
>.
>

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