PC's can't open my attachments

When I send an attachment to a colleague with a PC they receive a garbled message. I've always sent window friendly files in universal fonts. Is it something I'm doing? or something with their PC.

What type of files and are you also including the file extension for each attached file?
Are you using a signature that includes an image or graphic?
Is this colleague and AOL user?
I send attachments to Windows users on a regular basis without any reported problems.
If you are using RTF for message composition, try using Plain Text instead.
I would also try compressing all files before being attached to a message.
To compress files before sending them, use the Archive command in the Finder's File menu. Select the file or files you want to compress, then choose File > Archive. A compressed archive of the files is created. If you archive a single item, the archived file has the name of the original item with a ".zip" extension. If you archive multiple items at once, the archived file is named Archive.zip. Recipients can open the archive by double-clicking.

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