The most interesting solution from a reader was to open the winmail.dat file in Notepad to identify the correct filename for the attachment, then re-name the winmail.dat file with the correct ...

Finally, try WMDecode, a free utility that will scan the Winmail.dat file for attachments (and only attachments, not the formatted version of the e-mail) and save the items along with their ...

If you've ever received a forward from an Outlook user in Mail.app containing an attached winmail.dat file, you probably scratched your head wondering why this strange file ended up in your inbox ...

So instead of seeing the "rich text" formatting of the original message, you get a plain-text copy, plus a mysterious "winmail.dat" attached file. You can read these attachments with extra software.

That could be harmful to the computer and the operating system. Q: I have received an email with an attachment called winmail.dat that I am unable to open. Can you tell me how to access this file?

The attachments appear like any others, and life is that much easier. Letter Opener isn't cheap, and the utility vs. cost ratio is dependent on how many winmail.dat files you deal with on a daily ...

If you regularly receive winmail.dat files from business associates, Letter Opener is well worth the investment.

We just switched out SMTP Proxy from our Watchguard Firewall to our Meridius SPAM Filter and so far it is working a lot better. We are getting some complaints that winmail.dat files are being ...

The winmail.dat file includes instructions on how to handle attachments embedded within it.

We keep getting e-mail attachments in winmail.dat files, and can't open them. What's going on? Is there a utility that can extract the attachments from these?