Scott, the winmail dat file is sometimes sent without a person's knowledge.
I am not entirely sure of what that file is myself, but it is not an
intentional attachment. There should be a mention in a faq somewhere about
this file and what it does and how to stop sending it.
At 11:15 PM 4/3/99 , you wrote:
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> Listers here me!
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> About three days ago I received an email from a lister who's name escapes
> me right now.
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> Along with his email, he attached a program. The program or actually dat
> file is "winmail.dat".
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> Although I appreciate the thoughts and help from everybody, I would also
> appreciate it if when you send some one an email you would do the courtesy
> of explaining to me what the program is, and maybe even a tip on what it
> does, how to use it if posible. All I really do demand though is, I demand
> to be informed as to what the attachment is. I think it rude and
> thoughtless to send some one anything without telling them what the heck it
> is.
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> If you remember sending this attachment "winmail.dat" please contact me to
> let me know what ths program does?
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> thanks for your time,
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