Anne: I don't know exactly what winmail is either (I suspect it's MS Windows' built-in email program), but I've received similar messages, though I can't say I've seen the Chinese error message.
One way to open any file to see its contents is to use a word processor that will allow you to open any file. MS Word can do it, so can BBEdit and Tex-Edit and I'm sure lot's of other text editors/word processors. The trick is to use the program's "Open" command (rather than just double-clicking on the file you want to open) and then choosing the type of file you want to open. In MS Word (for X) you would click on the popup menu next to "Show:" in the open-file dialogue and choose "Recover Text from Any File," then navigate to the file you want to open and double-click it. In BBEdit you would select "All Files" (rather than the default "All Readable Files"). Using this method you can open literally any file. Of course some of them -- graphics files, for instance -- are going to contain pure gobbledygook. Most word processor files will have some gobbledygook at the top and bottom of the file, but the main text will usually be readable (and copyable), though it won't retain any of its formatting. Dan >I have two related questions. >1) I received an attachment today. I know what it is, a >contract from a local hotel. The attachment is called ><winmail.dat (25.1KB)> > >What is winmail? > >2) I cannot open the attachme4nt. When I click on it I get the >following message: > >Chinese Input Method Plug-in Convertor >The action could not be completed >because it can?t convert file with Chinese >file name. > >There is no Chinese in the message. > >Any ideas what my problem is and how I can open this? > >Appreciate any and all suggestions. > >Anne Cartwright > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
