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December 03, 2008  
Subject: receiving attachments in Windows mail
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
Date: 9/3/2008 9:59:01 PM
From: =?Utf-8?B?TGlzYSBU?= [Email Address Protection]

Hi There -

I have been forwarding emails with attachments from my old computer to this
new one (old uses Outlook, new one Windows mail) and for some reason Windows
mail receives some attachments, but not others. Attachments are Word or
Excel documents. Is there something about these attachments that I should
change, or that Windows Mail can't read? I have tried to simply cut and
paste the information into a new document, but that document couldn't be
received either.

Thanks!

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Subject: Re: receiving attachments in Windows mail
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
Date: 9/4/2008 5:12:11 PM
From: "Gary VanderMolen" [Email Address Protection]

Outlook has a proprietary attachment format called RTF. When sending
from Outlook, make sure you select plain text (best) or HTML format.
For more on this, see
http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


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