Here's some info about winmail.dat files.
What is a winmail.dat file?
Document ID: 1309
Last Reviewed: 2/7/2001
Product: Attachment Opener
Problem:
Some DataViz customers have received attachments called winmail.dat that
cannot be converted/decoded with MacLinkPlus or
Conversions Plus. MacLinkPlus may recognize this file as a Comma Separated
Value file.
Cause:
This file contains formatting code that was sent by someone using Microsoft
Outlook or Microsoft Exchange. It usually will not
contain any useful information other then RTF formatting code that permits
two MS Exchange users to send e-mail messages
with formatting such as bold and italics.
When a user sends an e-mail with this formatting option to someone who is
not using MS Outlook, a winmail.dat file appears
as an attachment (even though no attachment was sent).
Additionally, when a separate attachment, such as a Word 97 document is
also sent from the user on MS Outlook to a non-MS
Outlook user, the attachment and winmail.dat file may be combined into a
single winmail.dat file which MacLinkPlus cannot
convert.
Solution:
Have the sender turn off the option to send Rich Text Formatted e-mail
messages to you. You may want e-mail the sender the
url of this page.
Here are some general directions for changing this setting in Outlook. If
you have trouble changing these settings, please
contact Microsoft.
1.In Outlook, create a new e-mail message.
2.In the 'To' box, type the e-mail address of the recipient.
3.Select the 'Tools' menu and select 'Check Names'. (The full name of
the e-mail address appears in the 'To' box.)
4.Right-click the e-mail address and select 'Properties...'. (The '<
e-mail address > Properties' dialog box appears, where
< e-mail address > is the e-mail address selected.)
5.Un-check the 'Always send to this recipient in Microsoft Exchange
rich-text format' check box (see image below).
6.Click 'OK' to close the '< e-mail address > Properties' dialog box.
7.Complete the message and click 'Send'.
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