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MS Office Forum / Outlook / New Users / February 2006Outlook 2002 cannot read 2003 attachment
I run Outlook 2002 and I received an Outlook 2003 message sent as an attachment. When I try to open the attachment, the error message is: "Outlook cannot open this message. A newer version, such as Outlook 2003 or later, is required to open this message." Yes, that is a clear and correct error message. The technical part behind is that Outlook 2003 uses UNICODE and Outlook 2002 and previous ANSI. Have them resend the item in a either the old format or something like htm or txt.  SignatureRobert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] www.howto-outlook.com Tips of the month: -FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows -Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data ----- I run Outlook 2002 and I received an Outlook 2003 message sent as an attachment. When I try to open the attachment, the error message is: "Outlook cannot open this message. A newer version, such as Outlook 2003 or later, is required to open this message." There's no backward compatibility at all (?) Are there any filters or free software that can read Outlook 2003 format emails? > Yes, that is a clear and correct error message. > > The technical part behind is that Outlook 2003 uses UNICODE and Outlook 2002 > and previous ANSI. Have them resend the item in a either the old format or > something like htm or txt. There is; Outlook 2003 can read and create ANSI files. What you are talking about is FORWARD compatibility. Other than the trial edition of Outlook 2003 there are no free tools. SignatureRobert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] www.howto-outlook.com Tips of the month: -FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows -Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data ----- There's no backward compatibility at all (?) Are there any filters or free software that can read Outlook 2003 format emails? Roady [MVP] wrote: > Yes, that is a clear and correct error message. > > The technical part behind is that Outlook 2003 uses UNICODE and Outlook > 2002 > and previous ANSI. Have them resend the item in a either the old format or > something like htm or txt. How about people with Outlook Express? Can Outlook Express read Outlook 2003 mail messages? > There is; Outlook 2003 can read and create ANSI files. What you are talking > about is FORWARD compatibility. > > Other than the trial edition of Outlook 2003 there are no free tools. > How about people with Outlook Express? > > Can Outlook Express read Outlook 2003 mail messages? With HTML format and some fonts, probably. I believe Outlook Express V5 and V6 support Unicode with some of the fonts, like Arial and Times New Roman. SignatureBrian Tillman Nope -- it just tries to launch Outlook(!) >> How about people with Outlook Express? >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > and V6 support Unicode with some of the fonts, like Arial and Times New > Roman. > Nope -- it just tries to launch Outlook(!) Your question was "can Outlook Express read Outlook messages", not "can Outlook Express open .msg files". Those are different questions with, naturally, different answers. SignatureBrian Tillman >> Nope -- it just tries to launch Outlook(!) > > Your question was "can Outlook Express read Outlook messages", not "can > Outlook Express open .msg files". Those are different questions with, > naturally, different answers. Can Outlook Express read Outlook 2003 mailItems which are sent as attachments (without having Outlook installed) ? No, only Outlook 2003 can open msg-files in UNICODE. SignatureRobert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] www.howto-outlook.com Tips of the month: -FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows -Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data ----- >> >>> Nope -- it just tries to launch Outlook(!) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Can Outlook Express read Outlook 2003 mailItems which are sent as > attachments (without having Outlook installed) ? Does anyone know a good windows tnef decoder? > I run Outlook 2002 and I received an Outlook 2003 message sent as an > attachment. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > "Outlook cannot open this message. A newer version, such as Outlook > 2003 or later, is required to open this message." > Does anyone know a good windows tnef decoder? Eudora purports to be able to receive Rich Text messages. SignatureBrian Tillman |
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