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Hi.
I am trying to find out if Outlook can attach files to an e-mail without the user actually knowing about it.
Is there a way that the settings could prompt different versions of Outlook to attach a document?
My issue has occurred because I sent an e-mail from home (I use Outlook 2003) with a 2003 word attachment containing some notes and then when I created a new e-mail at work this attachment was sent but in another format. I had saved the word document in a folder at work in the meantime.
The e-mail I have in my sent items on my own PC is a word icon attachment (.doc) but the work e-mail shows three attachments, all in something called message format (.msg). I noticed that the file sizes were slightly lower than the word attachment. One of the attachments won't even open and the other two contain the notes I prepared at home.
When creating a new e-mail I should also point out that I pasted some figures from an excel file in to the body of the e-mail. It was only after an hour that a colleague pointed out the attachments.
So can Outlook/software issues cause a mistake like this or is it simply down to a lack of concentration on my part?
Can anybody shed any light on this or provide links to help?
One reply I have had to date says it is possible "But it all depends on how you made the E Mail sent from work. If you had the Word Document open in the program that's default is Message Format and clicked on E Mail it would most certainly attach itself as well as the backup and partial file that you already had open hence the 3 attachments of different sizes".
But how does this happen and is it possible to recreate such a scenario? Could anybody expand on the above?
Have any of the readers had or heard of any problems like this before?
Thanks.
I am trying to find out if Outlook can attach files to an e-mail without the user actually knowing about it.
Is there a way that the settings could prompt different versions of Outlook to attach a document?
My issue has occurred because I sent an e-mail from home (I use Outlook 2003) with a 2003 word attachment containing some notes and then when I created a new e-mail at work this attachment was sent but in another format. I had saved the word document in a folder at work in the meantime.
The e-mail I have in my sent items on my own PC is a word icon attachment (.doc) but the work e-mail shows three attachments, all in something called message format (.msg). I noticed that the file sizes were slightly lower than the word attachment. One of the attachments won't even open and the other two contain the notes I prepared at home.
When creating a new e-mail I should also point out that I pasted some figures from an excel file in to the body of the e-mail. It was only after an hour that a colleague pointed out the attachments.
So can Outlook/software issues cause a mistake like this or is it simply down to a lack of concentration on my part?
Can anybody shed any light on this or provide links to help?
One reply I have had to date says it is possible "But it all depends on how you made the E Mail sent from work. If you had the Word Document open in the program that's default is Message Format and clicked on E Mail it would most certainly attach itself as well as the backup and partial file that you already had open hence the 3 attachments of different sizes".
But how does this happen and is it possible to recreate such a scenario? Could anybody expand on the above?
Have any of the readers had or heard of any problems like this before?
Thanks.