Outlook Attachment Extractor V2.2.3 Serial Key
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There is no such thing as 'an outlook account'.I think what you meant was, if the mail server hosting the account *and*
being used for sending the email to himself is an EXCHANGE server, then
yes, what you said is correct. But, just sending from a standalone
Outlook using a NON exchange based server/host will not cause this problem.Following is an email template I keep around explaining this problem and
potential solutions to corporate senders (since they are the only ones
who can fix the problem permanently):********************Hello,Fyi, we are receiving all of your emails with one or more 'winmail.dat'
files as an attachment.This is a known issue with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Server that
causes non-Exchange recipients of your emails to get these attachments.
It isn't a problem if you aren't including any actual attachments (like
PDF or Word/Excel files) - but if you do, these won't be readable by our
Sales Reps (without my having to decode them individually with a special
tool).Here is a Microsoft Tech Document outlining the issue, including
different ways to resolve it: forward this to your IT person. If they choose not to implement
the change at the server level, then they should be able to help you
configure your Outlook to not send these to the MBI addresses in your
address book.As always, feel free to contact me if you need any assistance with this,
or any other issue.********************Following is an email template I keep around to send to individual/home
users experiencing this problem, and how they can work around it if
necessary:********************Hello,If you have ever received any email messages with one or more
attachments named 'winmail.dat' that you couldn't open, this is a known
configuration problem/issue with Microsoft Outlook and/or Microsoft
Exchange Server.Here is a Microsoft Tech Bulletin outlining the issue, including
different ways (one is a very simple change that the sender can make to
your email address book entry) to resolve it: , the only way to permanently fix the problem requires the SENDER
to make a change to their server, or at a minimum, to your email address
book entry in their Outlook program.It isn't a problem if there aren't any actual attachments (like
PDF or Word/Excel files) - but if there are, these won't be readable
without decoding them with a special tool.Thankfully there are a couple of options. Thunderbird has an extension
called 'Lookout', that will automatically decode these files and show
them to you as normal attachments in the attachment pane: -us/thunderbird/addon/lookout/There is also a free program called 'Winmail Opener' that will decode
these files for you that you can download from here: _opener/Winmail Opener is easy to use. It is not necessary to install it
(although you can), you can just download the file winmail_opener.exe to
your desktop, unzip/extract it to a folder, and use it as a
standalone/portable file. I used to do this for our company, and kept
the portle file on the server, so that everyone could use it without
having to install it. But for personal use, I recommend that you simply
install it after downloading it.Once it has been installed, whenever you get an email with a winmail.dat
attachment, simply:1. Right-click on the winmail.dat attachment, and then click 'Save As'2. Save it to your desktop3. Minimize all of your programs so you can see your desktop4. Drag the winmail.dat file you just saved directly on/into the
'Winmail Opener' shortcut that the installer placed on your desktop so
that it turns dark and then release the mouse button5. A new Winmail Opener window will open, showing you the decoded
attachments (in the pane on the right side). You can now open the
attachment(s), or drag/drop them to your desktop to save them permanently.You can now delete the 'winmail.dat' file , or if you want to save it,
move it to an appropriate location.As always, don't hesitate to call/email if you have any problems or
questions...
>On 2012-01-07 5:47 PM, ashley willis wrote:
>> neil154 wrote:
>>> I sent from my PC an email to myself to test reading attachments.
>>> I send a pdf file 2.3 meg and when I received it on my Bionic it
>>> was renamed to winmail.dat. When I look at the received file on my
>>> PC it is a PDF.
>>>
>>> Can you explain to me why it was renamed and how to prevent it
>>> from happening.
>
>> don't use outlook. ;)
>
>Bah... as much as I loathe Outlook, people are free to use the client
>of
>their own choosing, so please spare the anti Microsoft crap....