winmail.dat e-mail attachment

Lucy Curran

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Apr 25, 2001, 11:13:08 AM4/25/01

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I received an e-mail attachment titled "winmail.dat" that I can't open
-- my computer doesn't know what program to use. Office Professional
is installed on my computer.

When I open it in word, I get the following:

IPM.Microsoft Mail.Note
PCDFEB09
PSTPRX.DLL
C:\WINNT\Profiles\a2353\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst
Quotation 41001
Quotation 41001
Quotation 41001
SMTP:MICHAEL...@WGINT.COM
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<NEBBLAOKLKJLPOCGBKNIO...@wgint.com>
-----ORIGINALMESSAGE-----FROM:MICHAELPUSARDMAILTO:MICHAELPUSARD@WGINTCOM<MAILTO:MAILTO:MICHAELPUSARD
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Can you please instruct me how to open this attachment properly?

Thanks, Lucy Curran

Renee

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Apr 25, 2001, 1:49:57 PM4/25/01

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Contact the sender of the email and request that they resend it in HTML or
Plain text (rather than Outlook Rich Text). Even if you do open the .dat
attachment, you may find very little information that is of any value.

You might also want to review the following article:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q241/5/38.ASP

"Lucy Curran" <lcu...@fsifilters.com> wrote in message
news:3AE6E984...@fsifilters.com...

> I received an e-mail attachment titled "winmail.dat" that I can't open
> -- my computer doesn't know what program to use. Office Professional
> is installed on my computer.
>
> When I open it in word, I get the following:
>
> IPM.Microsoft Mail.Note
> PCDFEB09
> PSTPRX.DLL
> C:\WINNT\Profiles\a2353\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst
> Quotation 41001
> Quotation 41001
> Quotation 41001
> SMTP:MICHAEL...@WGINT.COM
> rcpg125ò2
> T
> m CE
> a0N%f,
> :¿;É9Ô;ò:_>/=íÏ=o;
> 9

> `28CºDÑÿD ET9ÔEÂD/GÿG½G?

> EoI49
> `djuOP
> aRu*@ P
> Àa Àapph F
> tqÐDate:SDÿ
> Py/j v

> /fY~aq/r<ÿZe

> 8²`8í5`4!ð½ho{QR!
> \Ú6EMAIL

> .fPtÈ?

> { YPERLIN¸K "S
> #`"àÕ"@]!q
> }R!q"Lÿ"/#?$O%_7ð/Â

> 0y, Apd?
> a°:@?ÈP 4:ô26ipM
> (8
> ¹18íZWÙ0

> `ØñJ GCàzef`;
> %âb(Ñ* ý+@f*
> I
> (
> * +

> pzuW4Ùð^sCt y

> 0R ]Sd.
> aýhÑt]Ða!ÙPWBC
> YÀ1|dbfC3A" fP0 ü1.

> OÅ¢ÉRè_ËÁl¡YÚ{~W¢@× ¾?^s"°:povx

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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Apr 25, 2001, 1:57:38 PM4/25/01

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Winmail.dat is the file format for Rich Text Formatting that is sent to a
non-RTF enabled client. Are you trying to read this using Outlook or
Outlook EXPRESS? OE does not support RTF formatting such as Outlook can
display.

Have the mail resent using plain text or even HTML.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Considering installing the Outlook Security Patch or Office SP-2?
Read these pages first and consider your choices carefully:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm
[Post all responses ONLY to the newsgroup, please.]

"Lucy Curran" <lcu...@fsifilters.com> wrote in message
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| `28CºDÑÿD ET9ÔEÂD/GÿG½G?

| /fY~aq/r<ÿZe

| 8²`8í5`4!ð½ho{QR!
| \Ú6EMAIL

| .fPtÈ?

| { YPERLIN¸K "S
| #`"àÕ"@]!q
| }R!q"Lÿ"/#?$O%_7ð/Â

| 0y, Apd?
| a°:@?ÈP 4:ô26ipM
| (8
| ¹18íZWÙ0

| `ØñJ GCàzef`;
| %âb(Ñ* ý+@f*
| I
| (
| * +

| pzuW4Ùð^sCt y

| 0R ]Sd.
| aýhÑt]Ða!ÙPWBC
| YÀ1|dbfC3A" fP0 ü1.

| OÅ¢ÉRè_ËÁl¡YÚ{~W¢@× ¾?^s"°:povx

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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Apr 27, 2001, 1:03:58 AM4/27/01

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Have the person resend it to you in plain text format. Or use the native
Outlook RTF format to read the message.

--
Milly Staples - [MVP - Outlook]

Considering installing the Outlook Security Patch or Office SP-2?
Read these pages first and consider your choices carefully:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm

[Post all responses ONLY to the newsgroup, please. Unsolicited mail is
deleted.]

"Lucy Curran" <lcu...@fsifilters.com> wrote in message
news:3AE6E984...@fsifilters.com...

| `28CºDÑÿD ET9ÔEÂD/GÿG½G?

| /fY~aq/r<ÿZe

| 8²`8í5`4!ð½ho{QR!
| \Ú6EMAIL

| .fPtÈ?

| { YPERLIN¸K "S
| #`"àÕ"@]!q
| }R!q"Lÿ"/#?$O%_7ð/Â

| 0y, Apd?
| a°:@?ÈP 4:ô26ipM
| (8
| ¹18íZWÙ0

| `ØñJ GCàzef`;
| %âb(Ñ* ý+@f*
| I
| (
| * +

| pzuW4Ùð^sCt y

| 0R ]Sd.
| aýhÑt]Ða!ÙPWBC
| YÀ1|dbfC3A" fP0 ü1.

| OÅ¢ÉRè_ËÁl¡YÚ{~W¢@× ¾?^s"°:povx