The issue is you're using MS Outlook as email client and Outlook is usning 
TNEF encoding for your attachments. TNEF is to support Rich Text features as 
voting buttons, meeting requests. etc. Recipients using MS Outlook as a mail 
client will have no problem decoding the attachments.  However Outlook 
Express, Thunderbird, or any other non-MS Outlook mail client will receive 
the attachments in a Winmail.dat format. It may be as a seperate attachment 
or in binary form appended at the end of the note text.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Neutral_Encapsulation_Format for 
further explaination & links to various MSKB articles to "fix" the problem.

However I will say that in November, 2006 with a MSXML update on my XP 
Pro/MS Outlook 2000 hosed Outlooks ability to send "normal" attachments. 
Machine is not corporate/Exchange and none of the MS recommendations for 
turning off TNEF have worked. And now with further updates MS Outlook won't 
even send imbedded graphics in a note.

Jayne
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From: "John Roberts" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 6:23 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] computer problems


>
>
> For many years I have successfully sent emails together with an attachment
> to a number of friends, however, for no known reason about 6 months ago 
> the
> situation changed.
>
>
>
> Nowadays, when I try to send an email together with an attachment to one
> person, he gets the email but doesn't get the attachment, however, none of
> the other friends to whom the email and attachments go, have complained 
> that
> they didn't get the attachment.
>
>
>
> Do you have any explanation or better still a remedy?
>
>
>
> John
>
>
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