Jeremy is correct. Or, put more simply, the winmail.dat file results from the MS Outlook user sending mail in Rich Text format. Even when no attachment is intended, the e-mail will include the winmail.dat attachment. If memory serves, any *intended* attachment will also be contained within winmail.dat.
One solution is for the sender to disable "rich text" e-mail. Enjoy! -- Jim On 2002-04-29 2:53 PM, "Jeremy Reichman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These are TNEF stream files, encoded by Microsoft Exchange mail servers or > Microsoft Outlook mail clients on Windows. > > TNEF's Enough for the Mac (a Carbonized app) will decode them, in my > experience. > > <http://www.joshjacob.com/macdev/tnef/> > > > From the TNEF's Enough Web page: > > "The file is a rich text (or MAPI) message that is sent from Outlook to > Exchange. When Exchange sends the message to an outside server it writes > the MAPI message as a MIME attachment. The unfortunate side effect of this > plan is if the Outlook user has someone in their address book as a person > who can receive 'Rich Text' then the user will receive the TNEF file > whether the user uses Outlook or not." > > HTH. > > > On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 05:15 PM, Greg T. Vincent wrote: > >> I occasionally get e-mails with a "winmail.dat" attachment that I cannot >> open. What is this and what do I need to open this document. >> I am Using Entourage X. >> Thank you, >> Greg > > > -- > Jeremy Reichman > Software Specialist III / Instructor > Customer Support Services > Information & Technology Services > Rochester Institute of Technology > Rochester, New York, USA > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
