Re: Word attachment gets new file extension?

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:36:46 -0600

"Joe Starin" <joenotmestarin@spamme.not> wrote in message
news:usD%23$WCEEHA.712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl
> Hi, group. A friend sent me an email message with a Word doc
> supposedly attached. When I received her email, the ".doc" attachment
> was actually a ".dat" file, complete with a non-Word icon. When she
> emailed that same ".doc" file to another person, the file had
> "become" an excel document. Sounds bizarre. We both use OE. She
> claims to save the Word file properly, but when she later attaches
> it, it becomes another file type. Virus? Malware? Madness? Any
> thoughts appreciated. Joe Starin

Are you sure she is using Outlook Express and not Outlook?
If the mail was sent from Outlook using Outlook's RTF format then Outlook
Express will never find the attachment. Outlook Express does not understand
Outlook's RTF format. Ask the Outlook user to please use Plain Text,
especially when sending attachments. 

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