Winmail.dat problem and solution

2007-01-05 Thread Graham Smith
Hello, Is there a way of dealing with Winmail.dat files in The Bat? A solution I have just found is at http://www.biblet.freeserve.co.uk/ This is a tiny $10 to buy file that extracts Word attachments from Winmail.dat files. Having paid my $10, I wondered if in fact the Bat already knew how

Re: Winmail.dat problem and solution

2007-01-05 Thread MAU
Hello Graham, Is there a way of dealing with Winmail.dat files in The Bat Try Winmail Opener from http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/winmail_opener/ I have used it (and still do) and it just works flawlessly. And it is free. I have associated .dat files to it and then all I have to do is double

Re: Winmail.dat problem and solution

2007-01-05 Thread Graham Smith
Hello MAU, Friday, January 5, 2007, 6:24:47 PM, you wrote: Is there a way of dealing with Winmail.dat files in The Bat Try Winmail Opener from http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/winmail_opener/ This looks a better solution than the one I found. -- Many thanks, Graham mailto

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-19 Thread Ian A.White
Hi, I have my data back and the utility for getting any information from WINMAIL.DAT files is a utility called WMPARSER. You can do a search on Google for it. Some of the links it turns up don't go anywhere, so you might have to try. -- Regards, Ian A. White, CPEng | /| / WAI Engineering

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-16 Thread Urban
Wednesday, November 16, 2005, rich gregory wrote: The fentun product seems Netscape-centric. Any other ideas how one could see inside a winmail.dat file? This should work, I think http://www.mail-archive.com/tbudl@thebat.dutaint.com/msg34347.html Else, there a few links at http

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-16 Thread Ian A.White
Admin, On Wednesday, November 16, 2005, 7:53:10 AM, you (Admin at AK) wrote: AaA see subject Actually I had a program that would parse the WINMAIL.DAT file after it was saved to disk. Unfortunately it is on the hard disk that is with a data recovery service and my backups were corrupted. When

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-16 Thread Robin Anson
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 at 17:12:08 -0500, Rich wrote: The fentun product seems Netscape-centric. Any other ideas how one could see inside a winmail.dat file? (Windows w/ IE browser) I don't use it with a browser at all. As I recall you can: * use a command line with a single argument

What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Admin at AK
see subject -- Marten Gallagher Annery Kiln Web Design www.annerykiln.co.uk Using The Bat! 3.62.14 with POPFile 0.22.1 on Windows XP 5.1 Current version is 3.62.14 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Marten Gallagher
see subject Oh dear I should have done what I tell everyone who asks me questions... google it Answered - FTWNTK: Data file added by Outlook when sending in RTF format (i.e: not plain text) to 'maintain the look and feel of the original message as sent'. -- Marten Gallagher Annery Kiln Web

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Chris
Admin at AK @ 11/15/2005 2:53:10 PM What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [What is winmail.dat file attachment?] It is probably from someone using Outlook who is writing you in rich-text format. To extract it, try using this free (as in freedom) utility: http

Re[2]: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Marten Gallagher
Admin at AK @ 11/15/2005 2:53:10 PM What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [What is winmail.dat file attachment?] It is probably from someone using Outlook who is writing you in rich-text format. To extract it, try using this free (as in freedom) utility: http

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
Dear Marten, @15-Nov-2005, 21:22 Marten Gallagher [MG] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Chris: MG BTW your message came through with a part.txt attachment - it was MG the TB current version data. Chris's message was (as is mine) signed with a PGP/MIME signature. The difference between a normal

Re: What is winmail.dat file attachment? EOM

2005-11-15 Thread Robin Anson
mail.dat file is I'll just delete it. Now if there was a way for TB to do that automatically - cool. Sometimes the winmail.dat file contains attachments that you actually need. Try Fentun at http://www.fentun.com/ for a windows decoder. -- Robin Using The Bat! v3.0.1.33 on Windows XP 5.1 Build

Re:SOT: How to kill Winmail.dat?

2003-06-02 Thread Maurice Snellen
On Sunday, June 1, 2003 at 18:00 (which was Sunday, June 1, 2003 at 8:00 where I am) Allister Jenks [AJ] wrote: AJ A guy who normally sends me 200k HTML emails, this time sent me a AJ whopping 1.5Mb email that had about 1.5k of text and a AJ Winmail.dat. Welcome to the world of Microsoft. AJ I

Re[2]: Winmail.dat

2003-03-15 Thread Terry M. Roy
Steve wrote: Download a proggie called fentun, this will decode winmail.dat, can't remeber where I got, found it by searching www.bbc.co.uk Cheers Steve Thanks for the replies on the winmail.dat question. I hope I've convinced him to change his settings. I think the guy is new at e-mail

Re[2]: Winmail.dat

2003-03-14 Thread Mike Alexander
Hi Thomas, Thursday, March 13, 2003, 4:13:56 PM, you wrote: TF Yes, it is. I routinely ignore any winmail.dat attachments. If people TF want to tell me anything, they put it into the plain area of the TF message. ;-) It's just another Microsoft virus ;-) -- Best regards, Mike

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-14 Thread Steve Fisher
Download a proggie called fentun, this will decode winmail.dat, can't remeber where I got, found it by searching www.bbc.co.uk Cheers Steve Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html

Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Terry M. Roy
Hello all, I am having a discussion with the owner of an e-mail list about his sending of e-mails that contain the winmail.dat attachment. I've already directed him to numerous articles on the internet about winmail.dat, Exchange, Outlook, etc. He now seems to think it is TB's fault somehow

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Terry, On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:43:29 + GMT (13/03/03, 19:43 +0700 GMT), Terry M. Roy wrote: I am having a discussion with the owner of an e-mail list about his sending of e-mails that contain the winmail.dat attachment. [...] I don't know enough technically about TB to explain why

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Heiko Kuschel
Hallo Thomas Fernandez, on Donnerstag, 13. März 2003 you wrote: If his server settings are geared towards OE/OL, you might hint that some people use other mailers. If it is in his interest to have a large audience, he might want to change to an approach that is not restricted to users of

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Gerard
with a winmail.dat attachement. Is that just as setting in OL? -- Best regards, Gerard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= A golfer should strive to be looser, freer, and more confident with every hole. This will combat the tendency to get tighter, more careful

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Gerard, On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:53:20 +0100 GMT (13/03/03, 22:53 +0700 GMT), Gerard wrote: TF It's an MS proprietary format. Do you know why I sometimes get aperfectly readable email with a winmail.dat attachement. Is that just as setting in OL? Yes, it is. I routinely ignore any

Re: Winmail.dat

2003-03-13 Thread Gerard
ON Thursday, March 13, 2003, 4:45:02 PM, you wrote: HK to show him that there are lots of people using other Mail clients. HK :-) If you add all the OL and OLE users you get an idea of all the ignorant people using the Internet and why viruses (virii) roam wild :( On the positive side I

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thursday, February 13, 2003, 9:38 PM, you wrote: attachment: This attachment is a MAPI 1.0 embedded message and is not supported by this mail system. TF I must be thick, so I'd better ask before I jump to conclusions: I never jump, it hurts too muchG I love diving, water is much easier

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-14 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Paul, On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 07:30:33 -0500 GMT (14/02/03, 19:30 +0700 GMT), Paul Cartwright wrote: attachment: This attachment is a MAPI 1.0 embedded message and is not supported by this mail system. TF I must be thick, so I'd better ask before I jump to conclusions: I never jump, it

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-14 Thread Julian Beach (Lists)
--- This file [winmail.dat] contains formatting code that was sent by someone using Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange. It usually will not contain any useful information other then RTF formatting code that permits two MS

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Friday, February 14, 2003, 11:47 AM, you wrote: I never jump, it hurts too muchG I love diving, water is much easier to jump into. TF But I can't breath under water! I have an irrational fear of drowning, TF that's why I don't dive. ;-) I can't breathe underwater either, without my trusty

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
--- JBL This file [winmail.dat] contains formatting code that was sent by JBL someone using Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange. It usually will JBL not contain any useful information other then RTF formatting code that JBL permits two MS

winmail.dat

2003-02-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
ok group, here's a new one. I got a winmail.dat message from a friend. He is attachment cluelass, and uses OL. When I detached it and used fentun I got this as the TEXT of the attachment: This attachment is a MAPI 1.0 embedded message and is not supported by this mail system. -- Paul Using

Re: winmail.dat

2003-02-13 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Paul, On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 15:14:56 -0500 GMT (14/02/03, 03:14 +0700 GMT), Paul Cartwright wrote: ok group, here's a new one. I got a winmail.dat message from a friend. He is attachment cluelass, and uses OL. When I detached it and used fentun I got this as the TEXT of the attachment

Re: Winmail.dat files question

2002-04-14 Thread Miguel A. Urech
with Fentun. This way when I get a winmail.dat attachment I double click on it and Fentun comes up and opens it. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.60c Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ: http