Re: Received attachment converted from .pdf .xls to winmail.dat?

Rather than a Google search, read this specific information on the Entourage
Help pages:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/attachments.html#att7>

It will tell you how to decode the winmail.dat files, and also what you can
do to stop people from sending them to you, and to send readable
attachments.

From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:51:09 -0500
Subject: Re: Received attachment converted from .pdf .xls to winmail.dat?

On 2007-06-08 03:16:41 -0500, simoncbaines@xxxxxxxxx said:

I have received from one sender separate emails with individual .pdf
and .xls files as attachments via my Hotmail account.

If I open the messages via a web browser interface or Outlook 2003 on
my PC the attachments are as expected in the .pdf or .xls format,
however on my Mac using Entourage 2004, which is up to date with
software updates, they appear all as winmail.dat.

I have tried saving the files and changing the file type to .pdf
or .xls manually and then opening with the correct program but the
files are corrupt.

Ideas, as I am hoping to ditch the PC in the near future and don't
really won't to have to switch to a browser in such cases and of
course this does not happen with all senders.

You need to do a Google search for "winmail.dat".

--
JR


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