OLEXP: Outlook Express Cannot Decode BinHex Attachments (257198)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q257198 For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express SYMPTOMS
Attachments that have been encoded using BinHex encoding are not decoded properly when they are received by Outlook Express.
WORKAROUND
Request that the sender of the message configure the e-mail client to encode attachments using an encoding technique other than BinHex, and then resend the message.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 12/20/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kbprb KB257198 |
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