opening .dat files

[Guest]

I receive some email attachments with a .dat extension. What program should
I use to open these files?

 

[Ted Zieglar]

A virus scanner.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Do you know where the files have come from and have you virus checked them?
..dat files are 'normally' created by X program and then used by that
program.

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Will Denny
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Guest]

The files came from a friend and have never contained a virus. Could an
ordinary file become corrupted into a .dat file when e-mailing, and if so,
how? What can the friend do to avoid it?

 

[Guest]

The files always come from a reliable friend and do not contain a virus.
Sometimes I know the file was a photo, sometimes apparently something from
the internet. Have they become corrupted from some other form into a .dat
file in the process of e-mailing? How can the problem be avoided?

 

[Alan Edwards]

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

 

[Dave Goodwin]

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

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?

 

[DL]

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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?