[wellylug] winmaildat

[Enkidu]

Here's the Microsoft version...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;278061

Cheers,

Cliff

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:48:45 +1200, you wrote:

>texstar's evolution -> never had a problem , 100% stable for > 3 months.
>i was using a mandrake version, which would not refresh imap folders if
>you had that folder open, so i never noticed new emails..
>
>as for viewing source, that then shows me the binary that is in the
>winmail.dat file.
>this often happens when outlook sends an email with an attachment.
>the attachment and some other stuff ends up in the winmail.dat file.
>
>I'm told by a friend that this is used by outlook to add extra info
>about the attachment. there must be a way to read file this in linux?
>
>
>
>On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 19:23, Damon Lynch wrote:
>> Hi Brenda,
>> 
>> I assume you are using Texstar's Evolution package?  How do you find
>> that?  I found it crashed whenever I moved a message by dragging it with
>> the mouse.  So I downloaded the Ximian packages (Mandrake 9.1) and they
>> work ok (apart from the odd niggle).
>> 
>> Have you tried View -> Message Display -> Show Email Source ?
>> 
>> Damon
>> 
>> On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 17:50, Brenda Wallace wrote:
>> > every now and then a M$ outlook user sends me an email containing a
>> > winmail.dat attachment.
>> > 
>> > how do i get the email out of this file?
>> > 
>> > 
>> > -- 
>> > Brenda Wallace
>> > DDI +64 4 916 7213
>> > 
>> > Random quote:
>> > The questions remain the same.  The answers are eternally variable.
>> > 
>> > 
>-- 
>Brenda Wallace
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>
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