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**caseydoug** · 04-03-2010 10:09 PM

I have VOIPo voicemail sent to my email. It come as a .wav file, and Outlook plays it without downloading it, using "Preview."

**usa2k** · 04-04-2010 03:48 AM

Originally Posted by caseydoug

I have VOIPo voicemail sent to my email. It come as a .wav file, and Outlook plays it without downloading it, using "Preview."

Ah. See, I don't use a PC based client. The last company I worked at for years would never sanction Outlook as anything but evil.

In 1999 when we were bought, IT was less successful banning outlook from the top executives. We initially used Pegasus, and now Thunderbird was being looked on favorably. (Yes, some PCs even run WIN3.1, but most run XP or Ubuntu in that workplace.)

GMail is widely popular, so that demographic can still be annoyed by wav files. I guess the flip-side is how well does Outlook handle MP3?

**caseydoug** · 04-04-2010 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by usa2k

I guess the flip-side is how well does Outlook handle MP3?

Same thing -- it plays without downloading.

**MisterEd** · 04-04-2010 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by caseydoug

Same thing -- it plays without downloading.

It has been downloaded as an attachment by Outlook when you preview it or you are streaming it which is still downloading it. No matter how you cut it, it has to be downloaded. It's so small a file it may not seem like it's been downloaded, but if it's in Outlook it has.

**caseydoug** · 04-05-2010 01:38 AM

Originally Posted by MisterEd

It has been downloaded as an attachment by Outlook when you preview it or you are streaming it which is still downloading it. No matter how you cut it, it has to be downloaded. It's so small a file it may not seem like it's been downloaded, but if it's in Outlook it has.

Well, yes, anything that plays on your computer will be downloaded, otherwise it couldn't play. That is true whether you are using Outlook or gmail or any other mail client, or whether the file is .wav or .mp3. But I don't think that is the way people were using "download" in this thread. The file is not stored on my computer, however. I use IMAP, and only the headers are stored locally. When I play a .wav file, it is streamed, but not stored. Nor do I need to run Windows Media Player. Outlook has a lightweight player that plays the file as "Preview."