Re: [IMail Forum] Mystery Attachment

[scott.perry]

> Ok, I have a user who's claiming that when they try to send an
> attachment the user receiving the attachment receives the 
> attachment that I've included in this e-mail.  It's called
> "winmail.dat"  Does anyone know what this is all about?

It's part of a Microsoft "Proprietary-but-we're-gonna-make-it-a-standard" protocol.  
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q138/0/53.ASP explains how to get rid 
of it.  It's used with RTF, but only works when the recipient uses a Microsoft 
Exchange mail server.
                          -Scott
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