Re: Word attachment gets new file extension?

From: Joe Starin (joenotmestarin_at_spamme.not)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:55:18 -0500

Thanks, Frank: I will check with her. She did say she used OE, but admitted
that she is not "computer savvy." You may be onto something here. Joe

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OYxbHXFEEHA.3344@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> "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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