WINMAIL.DAT

[Blouie]

I send mail to my home e-mail address. the files come as winmail.DAT AND i
DOWNLOAD A TEXT FILE INSTEAD OF WHAT i SENT.

[Tony Jollans]

I forget the details exactly but this is because you have sent a
*non*-plain-text e-mail with an attachment from Outlook and are trying to
read it with a non-Outlook mail client. When you do this Outlook bundles the
whole thing up in a format which only it can read - fine for corporate
Exchange servers but, as you have found out, a pain in the proverbial for
non-Outlook users.

I think you should be able to google for a full explanation but you need to
either:

(a) Use Outlook at home, or
(b) Send the e-mail in Plain Text format

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Enjoy,
Tony

"Blouie" <Blo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Alan Edwards]

This has been my standard response for many years:

If you mean a Winmail.dat then tell the person who is sending you
these with Outlook to uncheck the box :"Always send messages in
Microsoft Exchange rich text format."

I delete all winmail.dat files and ask the Outlook sender to change
from Rich Text to Plain Text.
I opened a few and found nothing of use inside.
This will open them if there is anything of use inside.
Fentun http://www.fentun.com

A little more about them in the Eudora FAQ
WINMAIL.DAT attachment to messages
http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1552hq.html

and from MS:
How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;138053

and...
Dealing with the winmail.dat file: the problem and the solutions -
http://www.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm

...Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html