received email with a dat.file can't open,help please

C

cricketer

I have received an email containing some statistics, they have been sent in
dat. file and I cannot open it as I am getting a message saying I have no
previewer can anyone help please.
 
G

Gordon

cricketer said:
I have received an email containing some statistics, they have been sent
in
dat. file and I cannot open it as I am getting a message saying I have no
previewer can anyone help please.
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What email client are you using?
 
D

db

there are some file types that
are not transmittable in their
original state.

what the sender needs to do is
zip the file and send it to you.

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G

garfield-n-odie [MVP]

Is the sender using Outlook? If yes, ask the sender to change his/her
email format from Rich Text to either Plain Text or HTML, and then send
you the statistics again.
 
S

Steve Rindsberg

Is the sender using Outlook? If yes, ask the sender to change his/her
email format from Rich Text to either Plain Text or HTML, and then send
you the statistics again.
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Or IIRC, instead of sending the email as an attachment, to copy the content and
paste it into a new email.
 
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