Winmail.dat Attachments - Keep coming back...

I keep changing each of my email addresses to "let Outlook Decide" in order
to get rid of the "winmail.dat" attachments - but 2 months later - they all
have been switched back again. I have hundreds of contacts. Its always
the same ones that keep switching back to outlook rich text - and then these
people complain to me that they can't read my mail.

I have selected "Imap" as the preferred Mail format in Outlook options...

How can I rid my machine of this winmail.dat demon once and for all?

I wish there was a master switch - never send winmail.dat.....

Honestly, I am frustrated. Ready to dunk my machine in holy water.

Please help.

Brian
Thu May 01 05:41:22 PDT 2008

ChinaLamb <chinalamb@asia.com> wrote:

> I keep changing each of my email addresses to "let Outlook Decide" in
> order to get rid of the "winmail.dat" attachments - but 2 months
> later - they all have been switched back again. I have hundreds of
> contacts. Its always the same ones that keep switching back to
> outlook rich text - and then these people complain to me that they
> can't read my mail.

Do manipulate these contacts in any way, such as by synching them with a PDA
or phone or importing them from another source?

> I have selected "Imap" as the preferred Mail format in Outlook
> options...

This can't be correct. "IMAP" is not a mail format choice. It is an
account type choice.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Diane
Thu May 01 06:08:37 PDT 2008

go to tools, options, mail format and set the internet mail format to html.
That will cause internet messages to use html unless the contact is set for
always use RTF. The only master switch is in Exchange server - the admin
could force no RTF to the internet.

I know sharepoint contacts that are connected to outlook will always use
RTF - changing it on outlook only works until the next sync. Other
applications which share contacts may do the same.

--
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"ChinaLamb" <chinalamb@asia.com> wrote in message
news:OZcWCL2qIHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I keep changing each of my email addresses to "let Outlook Decide" in
> order to get rid of the "winmail.dat" attachments - but 2 months later -
> they all have been switched back again. I have hundreds of contacts.
> Its always the same ones that keep switching back to outlook rich text -
> and then these people complain to me that they can't read my mail.
>
> I have selected "Imap" as the preferred Mail format in Outlook options...
>
> How can I rid my machine of this winmail.dat demon once and for all?
>
> I wish there was a master switch - never send winmail.dat.....
>
> Honestly, I am frustrated. Ready to dunk my machine in holy water.
>
> Please help.
>
>
>
>

ChinaLamb
Fri May 02 08:16:07 PDT 2008

OOps.. Yes, I meant "HTML" - Honestly, I know what I am talking about!, no
really, I do! :)

I sync with my Windows Smart Phone, version WM5...

Could syncing with my smart phone be switching this back to "RTF format" for
the email types? Gosh, I hope not!

ChinaLamb
Fri May 02 08:18:58 PDT 2008

Thanks for the reply.

Talking about "Sharepoint" contacts, is it possible to share them with my
smart phone? They are not in my standard contacts folder.

And - hopefully the windows Vista Windows Mobile Device Center and my WM5
phone won't change these settings back either!

Thanks



"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" <outlookmvp@msn.net> wrote in message
news:A53B67C7-7C20-4784-9502-A143E66A3089@microsoft.com...
> go to tools, options, mail format and set the internet mail format to
> html. That will cause internet messages to use html unless the contact is
> set for always use RTF. The only master switch is in Exchange server -
> the admin could force no RTF to the internet.
>
> I know sharepoint contacts that are connected to outlook will always use
> RTF - changing it on outlook only works until the next sync. Other
> applications which share contacts may do the same.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
> Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
> dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net
>
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
> Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>
>
>
> "ChinaLamb" <chinalamb@asia.com> wrote in message
> news:OZcWCL2qIHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I keep changing each of my email addresses to "let Outlook Decide" in
>> order to get rid of the "winmail.dat" attachments - but 2 months later -
>> they all have been switched back again. I have hundreds of contacts.
>> Its always the same ones that keep switching back to outlook rich text -
>> and then these people complain to me that they can't read my mail.
>>
>> I have selected "Imap" as the preferred Mail format in Outlook options...
>>
>> How can I rid my machine of this winmail.dat demon once and for all?
>>
>> I wish there was a master switch - never send winmail.dat.....
>>
>> Honestly, I am frustrated. Ready to dunk my machine in holy water.
>>
>> Please help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Diane
Fri May 02 09:02:17 PDT 2008

Not to my knowledge - unless you use a different sync software, only the
default folders sync.

Are these RTF contacts in Sharepoint or did they come from sharepoint?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net

Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
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"ChinaLamb" <chinalamb@asia.com> wrote in message
news:ObqjbfGrIHA.2492@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Talking about "Sharepoint" contacts, is it possible to share them with my
> smart phone? They are not in my standard contacts folder.
>
> And - hopefully the windows Vista Windows Mobile Device Center and my WM5
> phone won't change these settings back either!
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> "Diane Poremsky {MVP}" <outlookmvp@msn.net> wrote in message
> news:A53B67C7-7C20-4784-9502-A143E66A3089@microsoft.com...
>> go to tools, options, mail format and set the internet mail format to
>> html. That will cause internet messages to use html unless the contact is
>> set for always use RTF. The only master switch is in Exchange server -
>> the admin could force no RTF to the internet.
>>
>> I know sharepoint contacts that are connected to outlook will always use
>> RTF - changing it on outlook only works until the next sync. Other
>> applications which share contacts may do the same.
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
>> Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
>> Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
>>
>> Outlook Tips by email:
>> dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net
>>
>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>> Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
>> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>>
>>
>>
>> "ChinaLamb" <chinalamb@asia.com> wrote in message
>> news:OZcWCL2qIHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> I keep changing each of my email addresses to "let Outlook Decide" in
>>> order to get rid of the "winmail.dat" attachments - but 2 months later -
>>> they all have been switched back again. I have hundreds of contacts.
>>> Its always the same ones that keep switching back to outlook rich text -
>>> and then these people complain to me that they can't read my mail.
>>>
>>> I have selected "Imap" as the preferred Mail format in Outlook
>>> options...
>>>
>>> How can I rid my machine of this winmail.dat demon once and for all?
>>>
>>> I wish there was a master switch - never send winmail.dat.....
>>>
>>> Honestly, I am frustrated. Ready to dunk my machine in holy water.
>>>
>>> Please help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

Brian
Fri May 02 09:57:29 PDT 2008

ChinaLamb <chinalamb@asia.com> wrote:

> OOps.. Yes, I meant "HTML" - Honestly, I know what I am talking
> about!, no really, I do! :)
>
> I sync with my Windows Smart Phone, version WM5...
>
> Could syncing with my smart phone be switching this back to "RTF
> format" for the email types? Gosh, I hope not!

It shouldn't. Nonetheless, the symptoms you describe are exactly what I'd
expect from Rich Text. He should check the "E-mail Properties" dialogue for
his contacts and make sure the "Internet Format" drop-down is set to "Let
Outlook decode the best sending format". Then the format selected on
Tools>Opions>Mail Format will apply. The contact-specific "Internet format"
setting can override the main setting.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]