Recipients Receive Winmaildat Attachment. Compose messages in HTML or Plain Text format. No mail client other than Outlook or Exchange Client can decode these TNEF-encapsulated attachments.
Compose messages in HTML or Plain Text format. It includes the winmaildat file invisibly to help preserve the formatting but non-Outlook email clients cant interpret the file so all they see is the winmaildat file. NOT RTF as a default by doing the following.
Recipients receive a winmaildat attachment.
Select the When sending messages in Rich Text format to Internet recipients dropdown arrow and choose either Convert to HTML format or Convert to Plain Text format. This happens because Outlook uses a proprietary email format Rich Text Format that only a few other email clients can decipher. Microsoft is aware of the winmaildat attachment issue and as a resolution of this problem proposes to configure the Outlook client to compose messages either in HTML or Plain Text format. A number of email recipients our users correspond with are unable to open attachments - or simply do not receive them the attachment not the message itself.
