From: Dave Goodwin Dave on


"Alan Edwards" wrote:

> If you mean a Winmail.dat then tell the person who is sending you
> these with Outlook to uncheck the box :"Always send messages in
> Microsoft Exchange rich text format."
>
>
> I delete all winmail.dat files and ask the Outlook sender to change
> from Rich Text to Plain Text.
> I opened a few and found nothing of use inside.
> This will open them if there is anything of use inside.
> Fentun http://www.fentun.com
>
>
> A little more about them in the Eudora FAQ
> WINMAIL.DAT attachment to messages
> http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1552hq.html
>
>
> and from MS:
> How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;138053
>
> ....Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:25:03 -0800, MLE
> <MLE(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I receive some email attachments with a .dat extension. What program should
> >I use to open these files?
>
MY OS is XP. I receive a message in y mailbox in MyVerizon with a .dat
extension, but the attachment is not there in my Outlook mailbox. What
happened? How do I open a .dat file extension?
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"Dave Goodwin" <Dave Goodwin(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Alan Edwards" wrote:
>
>> If you mean a Winmail.dat then tell the person who is sending you
>> these with Outlook to uncheck the box :"Always send messages in
>> Microsoft Exchange rich text format."
>>
>>
>> I delete all winmail.dat files and ask the Outlook sender to change
>> from Rich Text to Plain Text.
>> I opened a few and found nothing of use inside.
>> This will open them if there is anything of use inside.
>> Fentun http://www.fentun.com
>>
>>
>> A little more about them in the Eudora FAQ
>> WINMAIL.DAT attachment to messages
>> http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1552hq.html
>>
>>
>> and from MS:
>> How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;138053
>>
>> ....Alan
>> --
>> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
>> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>>
>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:25:03 -0800, MLE
>> <MLE(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I receive some email attachments with a .dat extension. What program
>> >should
>> >I use to open these files?
>>
> MY OS is XP. I receive a message in y mailbox in MyVerizon with a .dat
> extension, but the attachment is not there in my Outlook mailbox. What
> happened? How do I open a .dat file extension?

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