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Recipient receives a winmail.dat attachment when sending email from Outlook with Outlook.com account

Last updated: June 29, 2017

ISSUE

When sending email to any contacts from your address book in Outlook, some recipients receive a winmail.dat file attachment that shows up in some clients such as Gmail and Yahoo web mail. In Outlook, the attachment icon is displayed but no attachment shown.

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STATUS: FIXED

This issue is fixed in build 16.0.8229.2073. To install the fix, go to File > Office Account > Update Options > Update Now.

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See Also

Send an email message to a contact group

Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in Outlook for Windows

Resolve Outlook for Windows issues with automated troubleshooting tools

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