As of recently the email attachments I receive (some, not all) arrive
renamed to either:

1. ATT#####.### or
2. original name.DAT

It seems this happens with JPG, DOC and EXE files. I am able to open them
with the relevant program, and there seems otherwise nothing wrong with
these files. These renamed attachments come from known senders who know
nothing about why this is happening. And they arrive from more than one ISP,
even more than one country. I asked a friend sending one such attachment to
send it to my 4 different emails (with 4 different ISPs), and they all
arrived equally renamed. However, I used the same client (Outlook 2003 for
all)

Anyone knows who/why does this? Is it my Outlook? Is it a virus, or perhaps
just the opposite - somebody's (ISP?) idea of some sort of protection?

ATT is caused by one of the servers munging the message, probably your mail
server. the Dat file is caused by sending an RTF formatted message -
normally outlook can decode them but if the message is munged by the server,
it can't.

--
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"Jerry" wrote in message
...
As of recently the email attachments I receive (some, not all) arrive
renamed to either:

1. ATT#####.### or
2. original name.DAT

It seems this happens with JPG, DOC and EXE files. I am able to open them
with the relevant program, and there seems otherwise nothing wrong with
these files. These renamed attachments come from known senders who know
nothing about why this is happening. And they arrive from more than one
ISP,
even more than one country. I asked a friend sending one such attachment
to
send it to my 4 different emails (with 4 different ISPs), and they all
arrived equally renamed. However, I used the same client (Outlook 2003 for
all)

Anyone knows who/why does this? Is it my Outlook? Is it a virus, or
perhaps
just the opposite - somebody's (ISP?) idea of some sort of protection?

"munged" That's a technical term.
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
ATT is caused by one of the servers munging the message, probably your
mail server. the Dat file is caused by sending an RTF formatted message -
normally outlook can decode them but if the message is munged by the
server, it can't.

--
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/

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"Jerry" wrote in message
...
As of recently the email attachments I receive (some, not all) arrive
renamed to either:

1. ATT#####.### or
2. original name.DAT

It seems this happens with JPG, DOC and EXE files. I am able to open them
with the relevant program, and there seems otherwise nothing wrong with
these files. These renamed attachments come from known senders who know
nothing about why this is happening. And they arrive from more than one
ISP,
even more than one country. I asked a friend sending one such attachment
to
send it to my 4 different emails (with 4 different ISPs), and they all
arrived equally renamed. However, I used the same client (Outlook 2003
for
all)

Anyone knows who/why does this? Is it my Outlook? Is it a virus, or
perhaps
just the opposite - somebody's (ISP?) idea of some sort of protection?

It's outlook problem, it's not receice attachment in new standart RCF. Use
thunderbird :-)) I hope what MS have patch for this problem

"Chuck Davis" wrote:

"munged" That's a technical term.
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
ATT is caused by one of the servers munging the message, probably your
mail server. the Dat file is caused by sending an RTF formatted message -
normally outlook can decode them but if the message is munged by the
server, it can't.

--
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/

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"Jerry" wrote in message
...
As of recently the email attachments I receive (some, not all) arrive
renamed to either:

1. ATT#####.### or
2. original name.DAT

It seems this happens with JPG, DOC and EXE files. I am able to open them
with the relevant program, and there seems otherwise nothing wrong with
these files. These renamed attachments come from known senders who know
nothing about why this is happening. And they arrive from more than one
ISP,
even more than one country. I asked a friend sending one such attachment
to
send it to my 4 different emails (with 4 different ISPs), and they all
arrived equally renamed. However, I used the same client (Outlook 2003
for
all)

Anyone knows who/why does this? Is it my Outlook? Is it a virus, or
perhaps
just the opposite - somebody's (ISP?) idea of some sort of protection?

Which *new* *RCF* does Thunderbird use?


--
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/

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"Anian" wrote in message
...
It's outlook problem, it's not receice attachment in new standart RCF. Use
thunderbird :-)) I hope what MS have patch for this problem

"Chuck Davis" wrote:

"munged" That's a technical term.
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
ATT is caused by one of the servers munging the message, probably your
mail server. the Dat file is caused by sending an RTF formatted
message -
normally outlook can decode them but if the message is munged by the
server, it can't.

--
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:


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"Jerry" wrote in message
...
As of recently the email attachments I receive (some, not all) arrive
renamed to either:

1. ATT#####.### or
2. original name.DAT

It seems this happens with JPG, DOC and EXE files. I am able to open
them
with the relevant program, and there seems otherwise nothing wrong
with
these files. These renamed attachments come from known senders who
know
nothing about why this is happening. And they arrive from more than
one
ISP,
even more than one country. I asked a friend sending one such
attachment
to
send it to my 4 different emails (with 4 different ISPs), and they all
arrived equally renamed. However, I used the same client (Outlook 2003
for
all)

Anyone knows who/why does this? Is it my Outlook? Is it a virus, or
perhaps
just the opposite - somebody's (ISP?) idea of some sort of protection?

RCF 2047

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Which *new* *RCF* does Thunderbird use?