NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE BLASS WITH ASK THE EXPERTS 11/29/04 Today's focus: Opening winmail.dat files
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There are tools that can retrieve your documents from the winmail.dat file. A Web-based extractor ( <http://tud.at/php/tndef/> ) lets you upload the winmail.dat attachment and have the extracted file returned. You also can download the software the service uses under the general public license. A desktop utility called tnefclean is available at <http://www.dread.net/~striker/tnefclean/>. Another utility, WMParser, is free at <http://www.magicwinmail.net/wmparser/>. For Linux systems, the Debian version can be installed with the command "apt-get install tnef." A Web search on "tnef" or "winmail.dat" will provide other extraction tools. Blass is a network architect at [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in Houston. He can be reached at dr.internet@ changeatwork.com. _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Steve Blass Blass is a network architect at [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Houston. 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