how to open a winmail.dat file

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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 W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, Tanya
<tjtmdREMOVE_THIS@attglobal.net> wrote:

>hi,
>windows 95B
>need to open a winmail.dat (application/ms-tnef) file on win 95B pc.
>don't have office (i.e. word etc) (and use netscape or mozilla)
>please advise
>thank you in advance

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thank you, Alan
[...below...]

Alan Edwards wrote:

> Tell the person who is sending you these with Outlook to uncheck the
> box :"Always send messages in Microsoft Exchange rich text format."

yes -- good idea

> 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.

i do have fenton -- i know this is an *official* file but fenton states
"there is no attachment found in ms-tnef data"

> 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 W95/98 Systems
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
> In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, Tanya
> <tjtmdREMOVE_THIS@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >hi,
> >windows 95B
> >need to open a winmail.dat (application/ms-tnef) file on win 95B pc

<snip>
thank you,
sincerely
Tanya

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In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, Tanya
<tjtmdREMOVE_THIS@attglobal.net> wrote:

>thank you, Alan
>[...below...]
>
>Alan Edwards wrote:
>
>> Tell the person who is sending you these with Outlook to uncheck the
>> box :"Always send messages in Microsoft Exchange rich text format."
>
>yes -- good idea
>
>> 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.
>
>i do have fenton -- i know this is an *official* file but fenton states
>"there is no attachment found in ms-tnef data"
>

That is probably correct. If it is only produced by Outlook
formatting, there won't be anything inside it for Fentun to read.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

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Alan Edwards wrote:

> In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, Tanya
> <tjtmdREMOVE_THIS@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >thank you, Alan
> >[...below...]
> >
> >Alan Edwards wrote:
> >
> >> Tell the person who is sending you these with Outlook to uncheck the
> >> box :"Always send messages in Microsoft Exchange rich text format."
> >
> >yes -- good idea
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> >i do have fenton -- i know this is an *official* file but fenton states
> >"there is no attachment found in ms-tnef data"
> >
>
> That is probably correct. If it is only produced by Outlook
> formatting, there won't be anything inside it for Fentun to read.
>
> ...Alan
>
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>

when the bmp opened in paint, rather than paint having colors (a palette)
there were squares of interesting black and white patterns (bottom
horizontal row of the program) wonder these are specific to this file type
(to outlook formatting...........).
in any case thank you
sincerely
Tanya

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That wasn't the point of the exercise. It was to show how a proper
tnef opened.
It has a black and white palette as it is a black and white bitmap.
That sort of bitmap does not have a colour palette.
It has nothing to do with Outlook formatting as it was not produced by
Outlook.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, Tanya
<tjtmdREMOVE_THIS@attglobal.net> wrote:

>when the bmp opened in paint, rather than paint having colors (a palette)
>there were squares of interesting black and white patterns (bottom
>horizontal row of the program) wonder these are specific to this file type
>(to outlook formatting...........).
>in any case thank you
>sincerely
>Tanya
>
>

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Alan Edwards wrote:

> That wasn't the point of the exercise.

i know 

> It was to show how a proper
> tnef opened.

i certainly noted a big (obvious) difference between the file that you sent and
the winmail.dat i was *trying* to open
i learned something!

> It has a black and white palette as it is a black and white bitmap.
> That sort of bitmap does not have a colour palette.
> It has nothing to do with Outlook formatting as it was not produced by
> Outlook.
>
> ...Alan

i appreciate your help and i thank you again!
sincerely
Tanya

>
>
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
> In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, Tanya
> <tjtmdREMOVE_THIS@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >when the bmp opened in paint, rather than paint having colors (a palette)
> >there were squares of interesting black and white patterns (bottom
> >horizontal row of the program) wonder these are specific to this file type
> >(to outlook formatting...........).
> >in any case thank you
> >sincerely
> >Tanya
> >
> >