Large messages sent from Outlook 2000 to Outlook 98 recipients do not show voting buttons (224358)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2000

This article was previously published under Q224358

SYMPTOMS

If you send a large message with voting buttons from Microsoft Outlook 2000 to a Microsoft Outlook 98 recipient, the voting buttons may not display when the message is opened.

RESOLUTION

Cut and paste the message body in to a Word document or text file and send that file as an attachment to the rich-text message.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Outlook 98 users will not see voting buttons you have added to a large (64 KB or more) mail message. This problem does not occur with users of Outlook 97 or Outlook 2000.

REFERENCES

For more information, see "Voting Buttons Do Not Appear In Outlook 98 Clients" in the Outlook 2000 file, Olread9.txt.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/2/2004
Keywords:kbbug kbpending KB224358