It's an Outlook thing. By default, Outlook sends 2 copies of the body of a message - one either HTML or plain text, the other
in their own proprietary TNEF (Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format - aka. Outlook Rich Text Format).
Content-Type: application/ms-tnef;
name="winmail.dat"
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="winmail.dat"
When Outlook gets a message with both MIME parts, it displays the TNEF part. When Outlook Express gets a message with both
parts, it displays the text/html part and hides the TNEF. Most other email clients show the TNEF part as an attachment. The
bad thing is when you want to include an attachment, it usually ends up embedded inside the TNEF part, so if you're not using
Outlook to receive, you have to use a utility like Fentun to extract it. HTH
Mark Robinson
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 13:25, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 12:15, Chris Reames wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 11:53, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 11:48, Chris Reames wrote:
> > > > Hey Guys,
> > > > has anybody noticed any I/O errors while booting from the
PHLAX0.2-1.ISO
> > CD?
> > > >
> > > > I'm having a problem with /cdrom/base/morphix
> > > > I'm wondering if I had got a bad download, or if maybe the ISO is
> > faulty.
> > > > Let me know what you get when you try it.
> > >
> > > What's winmail.dat?
> >
> > Why are you asking me about winmail.dat?
>
> Because a file named winmail.dat was attached to your email.
>
I didn't see an attachment on my e-mail that was sent back to me.
Is it possible your e-mail picked up viri on a bounce?
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