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

[Derek Atkins]

Geoffrey Myers <lists at serioustechnology.com> writes:

> 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)

Ask him not to "sign" the email?

-derek

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