[Year 12 IT Apps] RE: mySac

[Robert]

Thanks Jeff,

Have been there.

But does  not help any of us who do not even have the winmail.dat file 
listed as an attachment - eg me using Windows Mail.

Surely the ideal with email is to have a common standard.

Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
Ashwood and Traralgon
robert at yinnar.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Palmer" <jeff.palmer at dlsrevesby.catholic.edu.au>
To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List" 
<itapps at edulists.com.au>
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] RE: mySac


> Try this website to open winmail.dat files if you receive them
>
> http://www.winmaildat.com/
>
> Works very well
>
> Jeff
>> This just in from Robert may solve your problem Laurie
>>
>> Since my original email to you, and after Laurie Savage noted that he
>> had received a winmail.dat attachment, I have Googled on the winmail.dat
>> file and am now a bit more knowledgeable :-)
>>
>> Seems that if Outlook is set up to use Rich Text as its format for
>> sending emails, the winmail.dat file happens and other file attachments
>> are often buried inside the winmail.dat file. As only Outlook can handle
>> the winmail.dat file, those of us using other email clients miss out on
>> attachments. I use Windows Mail, the Vista version of Outlook Express
>> and that does not even show the winmail.dat file as an attachment.
>>
>> I finally got Andrew's file by sending a copy of his email to my wife
>> who uses Outlook. She "saw" the .doc attachment, saved it and resent it
>> back to me. Her Outlook is set up correctly to not send winmail.dat
>> attachments. You might find this site interesting
>> http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/Prevent_Winmail_dat_Attachments
>> _from_Being_Sent_in_Outlook.htm
>>
>> Frank
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
>> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Laurie Savage
>> Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:13 AM
>> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] RE: mySac
>>
>> Like Robert I recived no attachment, just a very strange winmail.dat
>> file.
>>
>> --
>> Laurie Savage
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