Problem with Email Attachments 1

[rocmills]

Hi All!

I feel like a real idiot with this one, but one day last week my email program (Rebecca/Becky - which i've never had a moment of trouble with) stopped accepting email attachments in the usual way. Instead of the attachment coming in as "file.bmp" or "program.exe" all my attachments are now arriving as "winmail.dat" files. Changing extensions seems to have no effect. This is happening on both W2K-SP4 and XP (all updates current).

Also, I have a client using Outlook who is having the same problem... suddenly, any and all attachments she receives come in as "winmail.dat" and she cannot open them no matter what she changes the name to.

Anyone have any idea what's happening with these attachments?

Thanks in advance!



--Roc
"Whatever one man can dream, another can accomplish" - Jules Verne

 

[soaplover]

Must be something on the mailserver.Check with the administrators .

//Regards Soaplover

 

[rocmills]

Soaplover,

You mean, call the respective ISPs? It seems strange that this would start happening on two entirely unrelated systems running from two different ISPs, unless it was a hardware or software issue. However, I will try to call the tech support department of my ISP this afternoon.

Thank you.



--Roc
"Whatever one man can dream, another can accomplish" - Jules Verne

 

[cbs604]

I think this is the senders problem and not yours. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q241/5/38.ASP&NoWebContent=1

Cheers,
Brodie