Hello Chris, On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 09:16:02 +0100 GMT (08/09/2017, 15:16 +0700 GMT), Chris Wilson wrote:
> Hello Thomas, > On Friday, September 8, 2017, you wrote: >> Hello Chris, >> On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 15:59:24 +0100 GMT (07-Sep-17, 21:59 +0700 GMT), >> Chris Wilson wrote: >>> I go on to a council web site where some documents can be >>> downloaded as .msg files, but my (oldish) version of TB! shows >>> them as a blank page. In the Options I have .msg files set to be >>> opened by TB! Any idea what's up please? The files have content >>> and the plain text, amidst the gobbledegook characters, can be read in >>> Notepad. Thanks. >>> I could attach a sample file if it would help? >> I would certainly help to have a sample, but there is a limit to the >> szie of attachments here. Please try to attach; if you receive an >> error message, please either point us to the website where these >> files are for download, or please send me that message file by PM. >> What version of TB! are you using? > Hi Thomas, thanks for the reply, version is in my sig (v5.8.10) on > Win 7 64 bit. I have put a sample .msg at: > http://www.gatesgarth.com/1.msg > Thanks. > .msg files are usually plaintext files. This one is not, and that's > why TB! cannot open it. > If I open it in Notepad, I see a lot of "garbled" characters and some hints > to MS Exchange. I suspected this as most Councils are probably Outlook/Exchange users and no one within the organisation probably considered anybody would be using something else! They would have saved it as a straight export/save from Outlook. The only way to read would be to use Outlook. Tony ________________________________________________ Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
