Re: Winmail.dat problem and solution

2007-01-05 Thread Graham Smith
Hello MAU, Friday, January 5, 2007, 6:24:47 PM, you wrote: >> Is there a way of dealing with Winmail.dat files in The Bat > Try Winmail Opener from > http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/winmail_opener/ This looks a better solution than the one I found. -- Many thanks, Graham

Re: Winmail.dat problem and solution

2007-01-05 Thread MAU
Hello Graham, > Is there a way of dealing with Winmail.dat files in The Bat Try Winmail Opener from http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/winmail_opener/ I have used it (and still do) and it just works flawlessly. And it is free. I have associated .dat files to it and then all I have to do is dou

Winmail.dat problem and solution

2007-01-05 Thread Graham Smith
Hello, Is there a way of dealing with Winmail.dat files in The Bat? A solution I have just found is at http://www.biblet.freeserve.co.uk/ This is a tiny $10 to buy file that extracts Word attachments from Winmail.dat files. Having paid my $10, I wondered if in fact the Bat already knew how to

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-19 Thread Ian A.White
Hi, I have my data back and the utility for getting any information from WINMAIL.DAT files is a utility called WMPARSER. You can do a search on Google for it. Some of the links it turns up don't go anywhere, so you might have to try. -- Regards, Ian A. White, CPEng | /| / WAI Engine

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-16 Thread Robin Anson
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 at 17:12:08 -0500, Rich wrote: > The fentun product seems Netscape-centric. Any other ideas how one > could see inside a winmail.dat file? > > (Windows w/ IE browser) I don't use it with a browser at all. As I recall you can: * use a command line with a sin

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-16 Thread Ian A.White
Admin, On Wednesday, November 16, 2005, 7:53:10 AM, you (Admin at AK) wrote: AaA> see subject Actually I had a program that would parse the WINMAIL.DAT file after it was saved to disk. Unfortunately it is on the hard disk that is with a data recovery service and my backups were corrupted. W

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-16 Thread Urban
Wednesday, November 16, 2005, rich gregory wrote: > The fentun product seems Netscape-centric. Any other ideas how one > could see inside a winmail.dat file? This should work, I think http://www.mail-archive.com/tbudl@thebat.dutaint.com/msg34347.html Else, there a few links a

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Robin Anson
to be a Unix thingy - now I know what a win mail.dat > file is I'll > just delete it. Now if there was a way for TB to do that automatically - cool. Sometimes the winmail.dat file contains attachments that you actually need. Try Fentun at http://www.fentun.com/ for a windows decoder. --

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
Dear Marten, @15-Nov-2005, 21:22 Marten Gallagher [MG] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Chris: MG> BTW your message came through with a part.txt attachment - it was MG> the TB current version data. Chris's message was (as is mine) signed with a PGP/MIME signature. The difference between a "norma

Re[2]: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Marten Gallagher
> Admin at AK @ 11/15/2005 2:53:10 PM > "What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM" > >> [What is winmail.dat file attachment?] > It is probably from someone using Outlook who is writing you in > rich-text format. To extract it, try using this free (as

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Chris
Admin at AK @ 11/15/2005 2:53:10 PM "What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM" > [What is winmail.dat file attachment?] It is probably from someone using Outlook who is writing you in rich-text format. To extract it, try using this free (as in freedom) utility: http://tnef.so

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Marten Gallagher
> see subject Oh dear I should have done what I tell everyone who asks me questions... google it Answered - FTWNTK: Data file added by Outlook when sending in RTF format (i.e: not plain text) to 'maintain the look and feel of the original message as sent'. -- Marten Gallagher Annery Kiln Web

What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Admin at AK
see subject -- Marten Gallagher Annery Kiln Web Design www.annerykiln.co.uk Using The Bat! 3.62.14 with POPFile 0.22.1 on Windows XP 5.1 Current version is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html

Re:SOT: How to kill Winmail.dat?

2003-06-02 Thread Maurice Snellen
On Sunday, June 1, 2003 at 18:00 (which was Sunday, June 1, 2003 at 8:00 where I am) Allister Jenks [AJ] wrote: AJ> A guy who normally sends me <200k HTML emails, this time sent me a AJ> whopping 1.5Mb email that had about 1.5k of text and a AJ> Winmail.dat. Welcome to the world

Re: SOT: How to kill Winmail.dat?

2003-06-01 Thread Geoff Lane
On 01 June 2003, 07:00, Allister Jenks wrote: > However, I'd like to understand what this file is and, if possible, > how/why Outlook creates it and how to stop it. ~~~ You're getting "winmail.dat" because the sender isn't using plain text. IIRC, by default O

SOT: How to kill Winmail.dat?

2003-06-01 Thread Allister Jenks
Hi folks, I'm sure this has been covered before, but the archives seem to be having 'technical difficulties' of a fairly serious nature. A guy who normally sends me <200k HTML emails, this time sent me a whopping 1.5Mb email that had about 1.5k of text and a Winmail.dat. I can

Re[2]: Winmail.dat

2003-03-15 Thread Terry M. Roy
Steve wrote: > Download a proggie called fentun, this will decode winmail.dat, can't > remeber where I got, found it by searching www.bbc.co.uk > Cheers > Steve Thanks for the replies on the winmail.dat question. I hope I've convinced him to change his settings. I thi

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-14 Thread Steve Fisher
Download a proggie called fentun, this will decode winmail.dat, can't remeber where I got, found it by searching www.bbc.co.uk Cheers Steve Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html

Re[2]: Winmail.dat

2003-03-14 Thread Mike Alexander
Hi Thomas, Thursday, March 13, 2003, 4:13:56 PM, you wrote: TF> Yes, it is. I routinely ignore any winmail.dat attachments. If people TF> want to tell me anything, they put it into the plain area of the TF> message. ;-) It's just another Microsoft virus ;-) -- Best

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Gerard
ON Thursday, March 13, 2003, 4:45:02 PM, you wrote: HK> to show him that there are lots of people using other Mail clients. HK> :-) If you add all the OL and OLE users you get an idea of all the ignorant people using the Internet and why viruses (virii) roam wild :( On the positive side I wouldn

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Gerard, On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:53:20 +0100 GMT (13/03/03, 22:53 +0700 GMT), Gerard wrote: TF>> It's an MS proprietary format. > Do you know why I sometimes get aperfectly readable email with a > winmail.dat attachement. Is that just as setting in OL? Yes, it is. I rou

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Gerard
readable email with a winmail.dat attachement. Is that just as setting in OL? -- Best regards, Gerard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= A golfer should strive to be looser, freer, and more confident with every hole. This will combat the tendency to get tighter

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Heiko Kuschel
Hallo Thomas Fernandez, on Donnerstag, 13. März 2003 you wrote: > If his server settings are geared towards OE/OL, you might hint that > "some" people use other mailers. If it is in his interest to have a > large audience, he might want to change to an approach that is not > restricted to user

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Terry, On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:43:29 + GMT (13/03/03, 19:43 +0700 GMT), Terry M. Roy wrote: > I am having a discussion with the owner of an e-mail list about his > sending of e-mails that contain the winmail.dat attachment. [...] I > don't know enough technically about TB

Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Terry M. Roy
Hello all, I am having a discussion with the owner of an e-mail list about his sending of e-mails that contain the winmail.dat attachment. I've already directed him to numerous articles on the internet about winmail.dat, Exchange, Outlook, etc. He now seems to think it is TB's fau

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
m/support.srch?DocID=1309 JBL> --- JBL> This file [winmail.dat] contains formatting code that was sent by JBL> someone using Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange. It usually will JBL> not contain any useful informatio

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Friday, February 14, 2003, 11:47 AM, you wrote: >> I never jump, it hurts too much I love diving, water is much easier >> to jump into. TF> But I can't breath under water! I have an irrational fear of drowning, TF> that's why I don't dive. ;-) I can't breathe underwater either, without my tr

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-14 Thread Julian Beach (Lists)
upport.srch?DocID=1309 --- This file [winmail.dat] 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 th

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-14 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Paul, On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 07:30:33 -0500 GMT (14/02/03, 19:30 +0700 GMT), Paul Cartwright wrote: >>> attachment: >>> This attachment is a MAPI 1.0 embedded message and is not supported by this mail >system. TF>> I must be thick, so I'd better ask before I jump to conclusions: > I never

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thursday, February 13, 2003, 9:38 PM, you wrote: >> attachment: >> This attachment is a MAPI 1.0 embedded message and is not supported by this mail >system. TF> I must be thick, so I'd better ask before I jump to conclusions: I never jump, it hurts too much I love diving, water is much eas

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-13 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Paul, On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 15:14:56 -0500 GMT (14/02/03, 03:14 +0700 GMT), Paul Cartwright wrote: > ok group, here's a new one. I got a winmail.dat message from a friend. > He is attachment cluelass, and uses OL. > When I detached it and used fentun I got this as t

winmail.dat

2003-02-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
ok group, here's a new one. I got a winmail.dat message from a friend. He is attachment cluelass, and uses OL. When I detached it and used fentun I got this as the TEXT of the attachment: This attachment is a MAPI 1.0 embedded message and is not supported by this mail system. -- Paul

Re: Winmail.dat files question

2002-04-14 Thread Miguel A. Urech
at files to be Opened with Fentun. This way when I get a winmail.dat attachment I double click on it and Fentun comes up and opens it. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.60c Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ

Winmail.dat files question

2002-04-13 Thread Peter Ballantyne
The file format 'winmail.dat' is one of Microsoft's irritating foibles and a little utility called 'Fentun.exe' helps with Netscape as a helper application to decode them. http://www.fentun.com/ It's something goofy to do with Outlook rich text attachments,