Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003

Sending Attachments

E-mail messages can have attachments, which can be either files or Outlook items. Some examples of Outlook items are tasks, contacts, and other e-mails. You should attach Outlook items only when you are sending to people who also use Outlook. Other e-mail software applications don't know how to handle Outlook items, so it is useless to send Outlook items to people who do not use Outlook. If you attach Outlook items, you also must send the e-mail in Outlook Rich Text Format, which you learned about earlier in this chapter.

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To send Outlook contacts and calendar entries to people not using Outlook, use the Internet standard ...