Some of my PDF files are received by some computers as .dat files. What could be causing that? --Paola Mangini Potts

You probably have the wrong attachment settings in your mail program, such as Outlook or Exchange. Try changing those. –Philip

That was the answer. I went to Tools-Options and changed the mail format to plain text. Thanks! –Paola

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