Re: Attachments Issue

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/Prevent_Winmail_dat_Attachments_from_Being_Sent_in_Outlook.htm

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Jerry Adams <Jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've got a strange one; at least neither my boss nor I can figure it out.
>
> I send out emails with attachments regularly (Outlook 2007) as part of our
> sales force reporting.  So far no complaints about not getting the
> attachment.
>
> However, if I send an email with an attachment (PDF, xlsx, docx, txt, etc.)
> to my normal home email address (part of the Earthlink group), the
> attachment is garbled and changed to winmail.dat.  But, if I send the same
> email to my Gmail address, it comes through fine.
>
> My boss and I figured, at first, that there was something on the Earthlink
> server that was the issue.  It gets deeper, though.  If I sign on to Gmail
> and forward the copy of the email with the attachment to my Earthlink
> address, it and the attachment arrive perfectly.  I checked the firewall
> settings and could not see anything that would apply to these attachments
> period, much less to just one domain.
>
> I've noticed a similar effect if I try to email an attachment from my home
> Earthlink address to work; garbage at the receiving end.  Have not yet tried
> emailing to Gmail and then forwarding that to work.
>
> Jerry C. Adams
> IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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> lectures and been caught fighting a liar in the quad, you will leave Oxford
> by the next town drain. - Rev. William Spooner
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