Outlook 2003 rules and IMAP servers

[Outlook User]

outlook 2003 adds a winmail.dat when I use a rule to copy the message
I just sent to a sent-mail folder on my IMAP server:

The rule I use is:

Apply this rule after I send the message
uses the Message form
and on this machine only
move a copy to the sent-mail folder

(the sent-mail folder is my sent mail folder on my IMAP server)

The result of mailing myself a test e-mail was:
1) a copy of the e-mail (with no winmail.dat file) successfully
arrived in my inbox.
2) A copy of the mail was copied into the sent-mail folder but:
The copy had a winmail.dat file attached and...
The From field only contained my name, but no e-mail address. This
causes
the e-mail to be displayed incorrectly by many e-mail programs
other than
Outlook.

I have the various "use RTF" or "use HTML" options turned off
everywhere in outlook, since I always assume that the recipient of my
messages may be using a text based mail reader.

Is there a way to get prevent the winmail.dat file from being attached
when the mail is copied over? And is there a way to get the From:
field to contain the correct information? ie. "My Name"
<[email protected]>

Thanks,
Michael

 

[Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]]

How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;138053

How Message Formats Affect Internet Mail
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290809

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Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

outlook 2003 adds a winmail.dat when I use a rule to copy the message
I just sent to a sent-mail folder on my IMAP server:

The rule I use is:

Apply this rule after I send the message
uses the Message form
and on this machine only
move a copy to the sent-mail folder

(the sent-mail folder is my sent mail folder on my IMAP server)

The result of mailing myself a test e-mail was:
1) a copy of the e-mail (with no winmail.dat file) successfully
arrived in my inbox.
2) A copy of the mail was copied into the sent-mail folder but:
The copy had a winmail.dat file attached and...
The From field only contained my name, but no e-mail address. This
causes
the e-mail to be displayed incorrectly by many e-mail programs
other than
Outlook.

I have the various "use RTF" or "use HTML" options turned off
everywhere in outlook, since I always assume that the recipient of my
messages may be using a text based mail reader.

Is there a way to get prevent the winmail.dat file from being attached
when the mail is copied over? And is there a way to get the From:
field to contain the correct information? ie. "My Name"
<[email protected]>

Thanks,
Michael