DOCUMENT:Q190128 20-MAY-2001 [exchange] TITLE :XCLN: Messages with Attachments Sent over IMS, Attachments Move PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange PROD/VER:WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,95,98; winnt:4.0,5.0; :8.0,8.01,8.02,8.03 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0 - Microsoft Exchange Windows 95/98 client, versions 4.0, 5.0 - Microsoft Outlook 97, versions 8.0, 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, on platform(s): - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Outlook 98, on platform(s): - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When a user sends a message with an attachment embedded in the text through the Internet Mail Service (Internet Mail Connector in Exchange Server 4.0), when the message is received, the attachment moves to either the top or the bottom of the message depending on the client. In the Microsoft Outlook client, the attachment will be located at the bottom of the received message with all the text above it. When you open the same message in the Microsoft Exchange 5.0 Client, the attachment is located above the text. Moreover, when the message received in the Outlook client is printed, the attachment moves to the top of the message with the text below it. WORKAROUND ========== If the received message has an attachment, have the recipients look both at the top and the bottom of the messages for the attachments. STATUS ====== This is by design. It is the default behavior of the Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook clients for messages received through the Internet Mail Service. The only way to preserve attachment position at this time is with TNEF (Transport Neutral Encoding Format). Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbOutlookSearch kbExchangeSearch kbExchangeClientSearch kbZNotKeyword kbZNotKeyword2 kbOutlook97Search kbZNotKeyword3 Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,95,98; winnt:4.0,5.0; :8.0,8.01,8.02,8.03 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.