D devingood Oct 21, 2008 #1 Can anyone tell me how to open a .dat file I was sent as an attachment in an email?
N Nikki Peterson Oct 21, 2008 #2 If the attachments are "winmail.dat" then she can just double click them and they should open in a text format: Are ALL emails coming in with the winmail.dat or is it only when it is from some particular domain? The following articles may have an answer for you. OL2000: (CW) Winmail.dat Attachments Included in Received Messages http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;197064 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XFOR: Preventing Winmail.dat From Being Sent Over IMC http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;149203 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OL2000: The Received Message Is Different from the Message That You Sent http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;269186 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OL2000: How Message Formats Affect Internet Mail http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;241538 How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q138053 Nikki Can anyone tell me how to open a .dat file I was sent as an attachment in an email?
If the attachments are "winmail.dat" then she can just double click them and they should open in a text format: Are ALL emails coming in with the winmail.dat or is it only when it is from some particular domain? The following articles may have an answer for you. OL2000: (CW) Winmail.dat Attachments Included in Received Messages http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;197064 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XFOR: Preventing Winmail.dat From Being Sent Over IMC http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;149203 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OL2000: The Received Message Is Different from the Message That You Sent http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;269186 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OL2000: How Message Formats Affect Internet Mail http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;241538 How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q138053 Nikki Can anyone tell me how to open a .dat file I was sent as an attachment in an email?
