Winmail.dat files in Email

[Justin Bennett]

There is a squirrelmail plugin, I'm running it... :)


Robert Meyer said:
> I figgered out a temp solution for now.  I downloaded 'tnef' from
> freshmeat and deconvolved the attachment and got it to the guy that
> needed it.
>
> It would be nice if there was a way to add that support to things like
> Eudora, squirrelmail (probably easier) and Evolution.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
> --- Robert Dege <rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
>> .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
>>
>
> =====
> 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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Justin Bennett
Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
Network Administrator
Dynabrade Inc.
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