Form distribution

Hello out there. I have designed two forms using Acrobat 9 Pro, LiveCycle. I put them on our internal server, where another group can attach the file to their emails, as I will not be the one distributing the forms. I am now testing them with colleagues to ensure we have all the right response files for data management.
The problem is that sometimes when I send the form, the recipient does not see the Submit Form button. To top it off, when they open the form, a pop-up, "Sending Data Files by Email," appears with the following message: "Please Note: This form contains an email submit button...." These is no submit button. When I created the form, it was there. When I sent it directly to a coworker, it was there. And when I sent it from the server, it was there. But when I attach it to my email adn sent to an external email, it was not.
Does anyone know why this happens and how to get around it?
Thanks!
Felicia

Probably it was opened in an eariler version of Acrobat and Reader and your form is not backward compatible. I am not sure when XML data submission was started, but that may be the issue. It may be more appropriate to ask the question in the LiveCycle forum since it is not an Acrobat form.

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