Method:Classic Outlook Plug-In 2.0

Re: Method Outlook Plug-In 2.1.29 & Attachment as a "winmail.dat" file

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:35:38 GMT

Hi Elizabeth,

We have made some changes to the Method Outlook Plug In as a work around to resolve the Microsoft Outlook issue regarding win.dat. You can view more on this recent update by using the following link: http://www.methodintegration.com/cs/blogs/methodblog/pages/method-outlook-plug-in-2-0-v-2-1-34-update.aspx

For steps on getting started with the Method Outlook Plug In or how to install the latest version, use the following link: http://www.methodintegration.com/cs/forums/p/628/2096.aspx#2096

Hope that helps.

Re: Method Outlook Plug-In 2.1.29 & Attachment as a "winmail.dat" file

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:48:00 GMT

Hi Elizabeth,

One of developers did some digging and he found that it is one of the Microsoft bugs, which said -
Messages may be sent as TNEF with a Winmail.dat attachment if the following conditions are true:

You create an adjoining form region on a mail message (IPM.Note).

Unfortunately, this is exactly what we are doing (Adjoining form region on a mail message is basically a toolbar you see on the bottom of the screen when you write an email saying “Send” and “Address”). However Microsoft did release a fix for this bug that is supposed to work. We're not 100% sure since we weren't able to reproduce the problem of sending the email as winmail.dat. Here is a link for the Microsoft fix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958012

Here is a link we found if you would like to switch to HTML format. Unfortunately, even though it looks like its a common problem, there is no coding solution we can implement.

Re: Method Outlook Plug-In 2.1.29 & Attachment as a "winmail.dat" file

Elizabeth — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:56:56 GMT

Amanda,

Before uninstalling the Method Plug-In, I checked all of my Outlook settings as per the above document. My settings matched the recommendations. Now that the plug-in is uninstalled, everyone receives my attachements as PDFs. So, can we try plan B?

Re: Method Outlook Plug-In 2.1.29 & Attachment as a "winmail.dat" file

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:25:17 GMT

Hi Elizabeth,

We looked into this and it appears as though it is a Microsoft Outlook issue. Please try out this possible solution, let us know if it works for you - http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/microsoft-outlook-tnef.html

If that doesn't work then we'll have to do some further digging.

Keep me posted.

Method Outlook Plug-In 2.1.29 & Attachment as a "winmail.dat" file

Elizabeth — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:00:42 GMT

I was able to install the Method Outlook Plug-In 2.1.29 without any issues (I use Outlook 2007 and Firefox/3.6.3). It works well, however, I've been told by some of my email receipients that they are now receiving my attachments as a proprietary Microsoft formatted "winmail.dat" file instead of as a pdf. The attachments are primarily invoices that I send through QB Enterprise. I also tried printing the invoice to a PDF printer, saving and attaching it to an outgoing email.

How can I resolve this so that I can use the Method Plug-In and still send my Invoice files as PDFs through QB Enterprise? (Not everyone uses Outlook to check their mail.)

Txs.