winmail.dat

Different webmail providers? They don't all have the same features.
If it's the same webmail provider, then I don't know what would
cause the difference.

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
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"KDM" wrote in message news:...


Gary, Thanks again. I still don't understand why if I view it in
webmail on one computer (xp, has outlook 2003) it is converted, and if i
view it in webmail on another computer (vista, no outlook), using the
same browser, it is not converted.
Feel free to ignore this post. I know you must be getting tired and
maybe I am being dense.
Thanks again.
KDM



Gary VanderMolen;1711391 Wrote:
> If you view that message sent from Outlook with another Outlook
> email program or via webmail, the Winmail.dat file is automatically
> converted to standard attachment format.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> "KDM" wrote in message news:...
>
>
> Gary,
> Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my post (1st
> ever).
> One question I am left w/ is this: Why are my webmail attachments on
> my work computer not converted to winmail.dat when those very same
> attachments are in webmail.dat when viewed at home (vista) using the
> same brower (firefox)? Thanks again.
> Kevin
>
>
> Gary VanderMolen;1711192 Wrote:
> > The explanation for that problem is here:
> >
> > 'How to Prevent Winmail.dat Attachments from Being Sent in Outlook -
> > About Email' ('How to Prevent Winmail.dat Attachments from Being Sent
> in Outlook - About Email'
> (http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm))
> >
> > The basic problem is that Outlook, by default, uses a proprietary
> > form of encoding attachments, which is not readable by non-Outlook
> > mail clients. Ask the sender to resend the attachment using either
> > plain text (preferred) or standard HTML format.
> >
> > Note: Most webmail servers are able to convert Outlook attachments
> > to standard format.
> >
> > Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > "KDM" wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> >
> > Winmail.dat!!
> > Puzzle me this, Riddler!
> > I have a vista computer at home. When I get my webmail (network
> > solutions) there, the wordperfect email attachments from my work
> > computer (xp, Outlook 2003, sending in html, not rtf!) are converted
> > to
> > winmail.dat files. Now here's the strange part: if I go into my
> > webmail on my work computer, they are not converted to winmail.dat.
> > Both accesses to the webmail are thru Firefox. So, it seems to have
> > something to do w/ that Vista computer. One final observation
> > (perhaps
> > totally irrelevant): no such conversion occurs w/ my gmail account.
> > Any ideas? Thanks,
> > KDM
> >
> >
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