winmail.dat

I get some e-mail with winmail.dat in the 'Attachment' line and nothing will
open them...even if they are in 'Word'. Most things are opened with Adobe,
but 'Word' [that I would rather use] isn't listed as as option to use. I have
Vista, thank you.

"Prius90" <> wrote in message
news:ACEBAE8E-ECFA-479B-B311-...
>
> I get some e-mail with winmail.dat in the 'Attachment' line and nothing
> will
> open them...even if they are in 'Word'. Most things are opened with Adobe,
> but 'Word' [that I would rather use] isn't listed as as option to use. I
> have
> Vista, thank you.

winmail.dat files are created when sending from MS Outlook, WM can't read
them.

Tell the Outlook sender to resend using plain text.


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"Prius90" <> wrote in message
news:ACEBAE8E-ECFA-479B-B311-...
>
> I get some e-mail with winmail.dat in the 'Attachment' line and nothing
> will
> open them...even if they are in 'Word'. Most things are opened with Adobe,
> but 'Word' [that I would rather use] isn't listed as as option to use. I
> have
> Vista, thank you.

If the mail was sent from Outlook using Outlook's RTF format then Outlook
Express will never find the attachment. Outlook Express does not understand
Outlook's RTF format. Ask the Outlook user to please use Plain Text,
especially when sending attachments.

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As the others have explained, Winmail.DAT comes from only one source,
Microsoft Outlook when its set to use Rich Text Format to compose email.
Outlook is the only email program that understands this format, all other
email clients get either the Winmail.DAT attachment which can't be opened,
or get no attachment at all. Tell the sender to use either HTML or Plain
Text to compose messages and that will stop happening. In the meanwhile,
there are several decoder programs that will let you open this attachment
and read it:

http://www.slipstick.com/addins/decoders.htm
Decoder Tools

Hal
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"Prius90" <> wrote in message
news:ACEBAE8E-ECFA-479B-B311-...
>
> I get some e-mail with winmail.dat in the 'Attachment' line and nothing
> will
> open them...even if they are in 'Word'. Most things are opened with Adobe,
> but 'Word' [that I would rather use] isn't listed as as option to use. I
> have
> Vista, thank you.

Winmail.dat files are proprietary files created by the Outlook program.
Other email programs are not able to open those files.
Tell the Outlook sender to resend using plain text.
For more on this, see http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/richtext.htm

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Prius90" <> wrote in message news:ACEBAE8E-ECFA-479B-B311-...
>
> I get some e-mail with winmail.dat in the 'Attachment' line and nothing will
> open them...even if they are in 'Word'. Most things are opened with Adobe,
> but 'Word' [that I would rather use] isn't listed as as option to use. I have
> Vista, thank you.

Winmail.dat!!
Puzzle me this, Riddler!
I have a vista computer at home. When I get my webmail (networ
solutions) there, the wordperfect email attachments from my wor
computer (xp, Outlook 2003, sending in html, not rtf!) are converted t
winmail.dat files. Now here's the strange part: if I go into m
webmail on my work computer, they are not converted to winmail.dat.
Both accesses to the webmail are thru Firefox. So, it seems to hav
something to do w/ that Vista computer. One final observation (perhap
totally irrelevant): no such conversion occurs w/ my gmail account.
Any ideas? Thanks,
KD

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The explanation for that problem is here:

http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm

The basic problem is that Outlook, by default, uses a proprietary
form of encoding attachments, which is not readable by non-Outlook
mail clients. Ask the sender to resend the attachment using either
plain text (preferred) or standard HTML format.

Note: Most webmail servers are able to convert Outlook attachments
to standard format.

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
------------------------------------------------------

"KDM" wrote in message news:...


Winmail.dat!!
Puzzle me this, Riddler!
I have a vista computer at home. When I get my webmail (network
solutions) there, the wordperfect email attachments from my work
computer (xp, Outlook 2003, sending in html, not rtf!) are converted to
winmail.dat files. Now here's the strange part: if I go into my
webmail on my work computer, they are not converted to winmail.dat.
Both accesses to the webmail are thru Firefox. So, it seems to have
something to do w/ that Vista computer. One final observation (perhaps
totally irrelevant): no such conversion occurs w/ my gmail account.
Any ideas? Thanks,
KDM


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Gary,
Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my post (1s
ever).
One question I am left w/ is this: Why are my webmail attachments o
my work computer not converted to winmail.dat when those very sam
attachments are in webmail.dat when viewed at home (vista) using th
same brower (firefox)? Thanks again.
Kevin


Gary VanderMolen;1711192 Wrote:
> The explanation for that problem is here:
>
> 'How to Prevent Winmail.dat Attachments from Being Sent in Outlook
> About Email' (http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm)
>
> The basic problem is that Outlook, by default, uses a proprietary
> form of encoding attachments, which is not readable by non-Outlook
> mail clients. Ask the sender to resend the attachment using either
> plain text (preferred) or standard HTML format.
>
> Note: Most webmail servers are able to convert Outlook attachments
> to standard format.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> "KDM" wrote in message news:...
>
>
> Winmail.dat!!
> Puzzle me this, Riddler!
> I have a vista computer at home. When I get my webmail (network
> solutions) there, the wordperfect email attachments from my work
> computer (xp, Outlook 2003, sending in html, not rtf!) are converte
> to
> winmail.dat files. Now here's the strange part: if I go into my
> webmail on my work computer, they are not converted to winmail.dat.
> Both accesses to the webmail are thru Firefox. So, it seems to have
> something to do w/ that Vista computer. One final observatio
> (perhaps
> totally irrelevant): no such conversion occurs w/ my gmail account.
> Any ideas? Thanks,
> KDM
>
>
> --
> KDM
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.co

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KD
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.co

If you view that message sent from Outlook with another Outlook
email program or via webmail, the Winmail.dat file is automatically
converted to standard attachment format.

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
------------------------------------------------------

"KDM" wrote in message news:...


Gary,
Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my post (1st
ever).
One question I am left w/ is this: Why are my webmail attachments on
my work computer not converted to winmail.dat when those very same
attachments are in webmail.dat when viewed at home (vista) using the
same brower (firefox)? Thanks again.
Kevin


Gary VanderMolen;1711192 Wrote:
> The explanation for that problem is here:
>
> 'How to Prevent Winmail.dat Attachments from Being Sent in Outlook -
> About Email' (http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm)
>
> The basic problem is that Outlook, by default, uses a proprietary
> form of encoding attachments, which is not readable by non-Outlook
> mail clients. Ask the sender to resend the attachment using either
> plain text (preferred) or standard HTML format.
>
> Note: Most webmail servers are able to convert Outlook attachments
> to standard format.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> "KDM" wrote in message news:...
>
>
> Winmail.dat!!
> Puzzle me this, Riddler!
> I have a vista computer at home. When I get my webmail (network
> solutions) there, the wordperfect email attachments from my work
> computer (xp, Outlook 2003, sending in html, not rtf!) are converted
> to
> winmail.dat files. Now here's the strange part: if I go into my
> webmail on my work computer, they are not converted to winmail.dat.
> Both accesses to the webmail are thru Firefox. So, it seems to have
> something to do w/ that Vista computer. One final observation
> (perhaps
> totally irrelevant): no such conversion occurs w/ my gmail account.
> Any ideas? Thanks,
> KDM
>
>
> --
> KDM
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com


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Gary, Thanks again. I still don't understand why if I view it i
webmail on one computer (xp, has outlook 2003) it is converted, and if
view it in webmail on another computer (vista, no outlook), using th
same browser, it is not converted.
Feel free to ignore this post. I know you must be getting tired an
maybe I am being dense.
Thanks again.
KDM



Gary VanderMolen;1711391 Wrote:
> If you view that message sent from Outlook with another Outlook
> email program or via webmail, the Winmail.dat file is automatically
> converted to standard attachment format.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> "KDM" wrote in message news:...
>
>
> Gary,
> Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my post (1st
> ever).
> One question I am left w/ is this: Why are my webmail attachments on
> my work computer not converted to winmail.dat when those very same
> attachments are in webmail.dat when viewed at home (vista) using the
> same brower (firefox)? Thanks again.
> Kevin
>
>
> Gary VanderMolen;1711192 Wrote:
> > The explanation for that problem is here:
> >
> > 'How to Prevent Winmail.dat Attachments from Being Sent in Outlook -
> > About Email' ('How to Prevent Winmail.dat Attachments from Being Sen
> in Outlook - About Email
> (http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm))
> >
> > The basic problem is that Outlook, by default, uses a proprietary
> > form of encoding attachments, which is not readable by non-Outlook
> > mail clients. Ask the sender to resend the attachment using either
> > plain text (preferred) or standard HTML format.
> >
> > Note: Most webmail servers are able to convert Outlook attachments
> > to standard format.
> >
> > Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > "KDM" wrote in messag
> news:...
> >
> >
> > Winmail.dat!!
> > Puzzle me this, Riddler!
> > I have a vista computer at home. When I get my webmail (network
> > solutions) there, the wordperfect email attachments from my work
> > computer (xp, Outlook 2003, sending in html, not rtf!) are converted
> > to
> > winmail.dat files. Now here's the strange part: if I go into my
> > webmail on my work computer, they are not converted to winmail.dat.
> > Both accesses to the webmail are thru Firefox. So, it seems to have
> > something to do w/ that Vista computer. One final observation
> > (perhaps
> > totally irrelevant): no such conversion occurs w/ my gmail account.
> > Any ideas? Thanks,
> > KDM
> >
> >
> > --
> > KDM
> > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
>
> --
> KDM
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.co

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