Re: [Nolug] Bad files in lookout emails

Mark D Robinson wrote:
> 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
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> 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
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> parts, it displays the text/html part and hides the TNEF. Most other email clients show the TNEF part as an attachment. The
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> 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
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> Outlook to receive, you have to use a utility like Fentun to extract it. HTH

So easy to use, no wonder it's number 1!

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Alex McKenzie     alex@boxchain.com     http://www.boxchain.com
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