Tanstaafl - GREAT piece! Many thanks, you brought my issue to a conclusion after hours of headscratching. Thankyou.
On Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 1:41:26 PM UTC, Tanstaafl wrote: > > On 2012-01-07 5:47 PM, ashley willis <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > neil154<[email protected] <javascript:>> 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.... > > > and that's not just the pdf renamed, but some special file format. > > > > looks like you need "mail format" under tools | options... to be > > either html or plain text, as well. if you're sending it to yourself > > (still an outlook account) then it's not going to convert. > > 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: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/149203 > > Please 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: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/149203 > > Again, 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: > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-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: > > http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/winmail_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 desktop > > 3. Minimize all of your programs so you can see your desktop > > 4. 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 button > > 5. 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... > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. 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