Thanks. It worked, although much of the attachment looked like Chinese. However the body (text) cane through clear.
On Monday, March 3, 2003, at 10:12 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > 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>. > > Anne | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
