Any Microsoft Outlook user could face Outlook startup errors in light of invalid XML files. At times, these issues may be a direct result of the attachments in the email. When a beneficiary who is not an Outlook user, tries to open an email, the attachment file may be found missing.
Reasons for Email Attachment Issues in Microsoft Outlook
In Microsoft Outlook, the issues mainly pop up when the attachment is a Winmail.dat file. Outlook makes use of the Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) bundling strategy for sending messages in Rich Text Format (RTF). The TNEF coded email will have a plain text part and a double attachment called Winmail.dat that holds different parts of the message. A non-Outlook email client will not perceive this inner information bundle of the Outlook and display the issue as email with an invalid XML file.
This hitch could be effortlessly resolved with straightforward settings change. In the event that the email format is situated to plain text or HTML, the issue will not continue. To change the settings, take after the steps:
- Select Tools menu and after that Options
- Choose the Mail Format tab.
- Change the Compose in this message format option to Plain Text or HTML.
In a few cases, changing the message format can result in invalid XML errors when sending messages to Outlook users. To maintain a strategic distance from the clash, we can set particular contact format for non-TNEF code. The following are the steps for the same:
- From the Contact folder, open the Contact subtle elements window of the wanted beneficiary.
- Open the E-mail Properties dialog box by double clicking the email address.
- Choose either Send Plain Text just or Let Outlook chooses the best sending format for Internet Format.
By sending emails to the Outlook users as TNEF and to others as HTML, invalid XML errors could be fixed.
