We’ve all seen mysterious .dat file attachments in our inboxes from time to time. In most cases the .dat attachment originates in Microsoft Outlook, which produces outgoing messages using a slightly ...

When you send an email message from a Microsoft Outlook client that is configured incorrectly, the receiver may receive an attachment with the name winmail.dat. This is a binary attachment that ...

A file that contains RTF format codes in order to support rich text in email messages. WINMAIL.DAT is a UUencoded file that is sent from a Microsoft Outlook or Exchange email client. If the recipient ...

Q: Most of my e-mails from work come with winmail attachments. I have tried to open these files through multiple different programs, without success, on iPhone iPad, and my PC. How can I open these? — ...

Q: I'm part of a group of 80 people who every week receive an e-mail with an Adobe PDF file attachment. But when I receive the e-mail, the PDF has been converted to a Winmail.dat file that my e-mail ...

Many times when receiving mail attachments with the new Exchange-enabled Microsoft Entourage v.X from Windows users, you will get a winmail.dat file that is inaccessible under Mac OS X. Alan Sill ...

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 stripped ...