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Winmail.dat
Eudora cannot read a winmail.dat file.
See http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1552hq.html. -- http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site. "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message ... Are you being intentionally obtuse? -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. "Howard Kaikow" wrote in message ... | The winmail.dat file is not in RTF format, | | -- | http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site. | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" | wrote in message | ... | Eudora can read RTF messages... read the message to which I replied that | stated that only Outlook reads RTF... Eudora does as well. | | -- | Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] | | Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. | | "Howard Kaikow" wrote in message | ... | | How does Eudora use winmail.dat? | | All I see when receiving such a message is a winmail.dat file in | Eudora's | | attachments directory. | | Can Eudora open the winmail.dat file? | | If so, how? | | | | -- | | http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site. | | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" | | | wrote in message ... | | Actually, Eudora uses it as well. | | | | -- | | Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] | | | | Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to | | the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my | personal | | account will be deleted without reading. | | | | After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Gordon asked: | | | | | wrote in message | | | ... | | || | | ||| -----Original Message----- | | ||| On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:55:12 -0700, "Joe" | | ||| wrote: | | ||| | | |||| I am using Windows 2000 Professional and Office 2000 | | |||| Premium. | | |||| When sending word.doc file attachments, the recipiant | | |||| complains that he/she/they receive a file attachment | | |||| called "winmail.dat" and that they cannot open. When the | | |||| email and attachment is returned to me in full - even I | | |||| cannot open it. | | |||| What do I have to do to ensure that this stops from | | |||| happening again? | | ||| | | ||| Send your email messages in plain text format instead of | | || Rich Text Format | | ||| (RTF) | | ||| | | ||| See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- | | || us;138053 | | ||| .. | | ||| | | ||| -- | | ||| Robert B. Clark (email ROT13'ed) | | ||| Visit ClarkWehyr Enterprises On-Line at | | ||| http://www.3clarks.com/ClarkWehyr/ . | | || | | || Robert, | | || | | || Thanks for the information, I have tried this and yes it | | || works, however, I wish to use the tool bar of "Rich Text | | || Format". Is there no other way to resolve this issue? | | || | | || Thanks and Regards | | || Joe | | || | | | | | | No there's not, because what is happening is that the recipients who | | | are seeing the winmail.dat attachment are not using Outlook. Only | | | Outlook users can read RTF mail - it's a Microsoft standard which is | | | not used by non-Microsoft mail clients. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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