Winmail.dat - what is it, why does it happen, and how to correct it?
The Winmail.dat file is usually very small, but you cannot open it in the message. The original message attachment is not always separate from the Winmail.dat file attachment, and may be …
email - Outlook recipient receiving winmail.dat file - Super User
Jul 15, 2016 · How can he open the ATTACHED winmail.dat file using Outlook? As listed in this Microsoft KB, " The data in a winmail.dat file is not usable " Email received from a sender …
Outlook sending attachments as winmail.dat - Super User
Oct 18, 2013 · Are you directly sending to a smtp-server or are you attached to a Exchange-server? Exchange server have the tendency to re-format a mail to RTF resulting in a …
email - How to avoid winmail.dat by using Outlook - Super User
Oct 29, 2012 · CAUSE The Winmail.dat file is used to preserve Rich Text formatting. Outlook uses it when sending a Rich Text-formatted message. During transport, the content of the …
Opening a Corrupted winmail.dat file - Super User
Jun 12, 2012 · I have a set of winmail.dat files that apparently have evolved from a set of emails with corrupted headers. It looks like Exchange 2010 changed the headers around sometime …
addressing winmail.dat in Outlook from receiver standpoint
Apr 6, 2022 · The winmail.dat file is a container that holds all the attachments. In the body of the email, where the attachment is placed, there is some extra information regarding what the …
Extract and view Outlook contacts attachment sent to Gmail
How do I save the attached winmail.dat properly, and open the winmail.dat and extract the contact list? I'm running Windows 7 x64, but have access to an ubuntu linux vmware appliance if …
How does Outlook know if the recipient cannot receive RTF …
The winmail.dat file preserves the original content, but not in a way that the recipient can use natively. The way Outlook stores RTF messages is to put everything into the winmail.dat file, …
File name: 'winmail.dat' Virus name: 'ExceedinglyInfected'
Jan 15, 2013 · While it is not impossible that some malicious program is actually including a virus in your outgoing mail, the other likelihood is that your corporate network has a mail filter that …
Problem with winmail.dat file attachments - Microsoft Community
Mar 22, 2013 · Problem with winmail.dat file attachments When my wife sends me email to my home email from her Outlook 2010 work email address and attaches a document, the attached …