[ale] OT: don't see attachment sent from Outlook

[Geoffrey Myers]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> Other account has tool to read winmail.dat file
> Yours doesn't.

Any idea what that might be?  I'm assuming it's on the client end, not 
on the email server?

> 
> On Oct 11, 2011 2:21 PM, "Geoffrey Myers" <lists at serioustechnology.com 
> <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Passauer, Billy wrote:
>      > Tell the sender to configure their Outlook settings to not use
>     "Outlook Rich Text" -- see:
>      >
>      >
>     http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/Prevent_Winmail_dat_Attachments_from_Being_Sent_in_Outlook.htm
> 
>     Question is, why is it that he can send it to his other account and it
>     shows up?
> 
>      >
>      > Or maybe their server admin can make a blanket change:
>      >
>      > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138053
> 
>     This will never happen.
> 
>      >
>      >  ... Billy ...
>      >
>      > -----Original Message-----
>      > From: ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>
>     [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>] On Behalf
>     Of Geoffrey Myers
>      > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:35 AM
>      > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>      > Subject: [ale] OT: don't see attachment sent from Outlook
>      >
>      > So, I have a client who uses outlook for email.  When he sends me an
>      > attachment, all I get is a winmail.dat attachment.  I've tried
>     opening
>      > the same emails using thunderbird and kmail on Centos same thing.
>      Using
>      >   the mac email client, same thing.  If I open it in webmail,
>     same thing.
>      >
>      > Weird thing is, if he sends it to his personal email which he
>     reads with
>      > kmail, he gets the attachments.  If the then forwards that email from
>      > his personal email, I see the attachment.
>      >
>      > Anyone have a solution?
>      >
>      > (other then NOT using outlook, it's a corporate standard for them)
>      >
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Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson