At 07:16 AM 02/16/1999 -0800, John Hudson wrote, in reference to a message
from Tom Kumagai:
>This message came with an attached file called "winmail.dat" 2,062 bytes in
>size. What is in this file and what purpose does it serve? I have received
>other attached winmail files from other listmembers' postings.
It means that the sender is using Microsoft Exchange or Outlook, and has
not turned off the Microsoft-centric formatting stuff that these MS
programs use when talking to other MS programs. There's an "Option" or
"Preference" buried in the menus somewhere that turns it off. This stuff
is invisible in an MS program, but displays useless binary stuff to those
of us that use ordinary text-mail programs like Eudora.
Good "netiquette" means using plain text and not sending proprietary
attachments on mailing lists, since many people on the Internet do not use
proprietary-format programs. Would someone who currently uses Exchange or
Outlook please chime in repeat the instructions for Tom?
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