winmail attachments
I have some business associates who insist on using AOL for their email. On occasion, I send them a perfectly innocent PDF or Word document, and what shows up at their end is a Winmail attachment (which they can't open). This only happens with AOL recipients - and not all of them - and not always. Is there a way to avoid or correct this?
Thanks,
Phil
Thanks,
Phil
normally this problem is when the sender use outlook and sending the mail in the RTF format.
you can choose from this formats on outlook: text, html, rtf
the rtf format is only compatible to microsoft outlook. on any other mail client you would see the winmail attachment.
you can change this on the format section of the 'new mail' window in outlook
you can choose from this formats on outlook: text, html, rtf
the rtf format is only compatible to microsoft outlook. on any other mail client you would see the winmail attachment.
you can change this on the format section of the 'new mail' window in outlook
okay, do you use outlook? the problem only occurs if the sender use outlook and the receipient does not.
ASKER
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, guys. Unfortunately, the attachment I sent from Outlook was a PDF document, and it was received through the recipient's AOL webmail server (I'm fairly certain that none of the people who have had this problem use Outlook). Any other suggestions about how I can get a PDF to this recipient intact?
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Thank you. P.S. I hate AOL.
@philsimmons - You are most welcome and I was happy to help. Yes, I do not like AOL either.
Sorry, I misread. If you attach and not use inline, it should work for your receivers. In my experience, attached files work best both ways.