[Gllug] Mail with .dat attachment

[Robin.Cannings at arm.com]

The reason you get the .dat attachment is in this article :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q241538
Usually fixed by setting outlook to send in plain text.
Cheers
Rob

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Robin Cannings                                       robin.cannings at arm.com
System Administrator                             tel: +44 162 842 7715
ARM Ltd
http://www.arm.com


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Jonathan Dye wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Anyone know what I can do with a .dat file that just arrived in an email.
> The sender say's it is (or contains) a bitmap image.  file says it is
> "Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format".  how do I open it?
> Any tips as to what the sender can do to send it in another format (She
is
> using MS Outlook so I guess it's a bit OT)


I get a lot of these from my Outlook using colleagues, I just assumed it
to be some outlook-esque appointmenting/flagging system so I ignore the
attachments but I wouldn't mind knowing what they are for certain (I
only get them from some people and not others).

Will.


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