Winmail.dat files in Email

[Robert Dege]

winmail.dat files are outlook encoded emails.  When someone composes
anything with fancy text/graphics/backgrounds/etc, outlook encodes it upon
sending as winmail.dat.

This should help you out.

http://www.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm

-Rob

> OK, we get winmail.dat files occasionally that are attached to Email messages
> that come in from various places.  The one that I'm looking at now appears to
> have a PDF file stuck in it but there are some headers that are in front of it.
>
> The 'file' command calls the thing:
> winmail.dat: Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format
>
> WTF?
>
> Is there anything that I can do with these.  The one that I have now is an
> invoice that we will have to deal with.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
>
> =====
> Bob Meyer
> Knightwing Communications, Inc.
> 36 Cayuga Blvd
> Depew, NY 14043
> Phone: 716-308-8931 or 716-681-0076
> Meyer_RM at Yahoo.com
>
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Dege

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