[ale] OT: don't see attachment sent from Outlook

Omar Chanouha ofosho at gatech.edu
Tue Oct 11 15:20:01 EDT 2011


This guy seems to have a solution:

http://liquidweather.net/howto/index.php?id=80

He uses this app:

http://www.fentun.com/

-O

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Other account has tool to read winmail.dat file
> Yours doesn't.
>
> On Oct 11, 2011 2:21 PM, "Geoffrey Myers" <lists at serioustechnology.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Passauer, Billy wrote:
>> > Tell the sender to configure their Outlook settings to not use "Outlook
>> > Rich Text" -- see:
>> >
>> >
>> > http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/Prevent_Winmail_dat_Attachments_from_Being_Sent_in_Outlook.htm
>>
>> Question is, why is it that he can send it to his other account and it
>> shows up?
>>
>> >
>> > Or maybe their server admin can make a blanket change:
>> >
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138053
>>
>> This will never happen.
>>
>> >
>> >  ... Billy ...
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
>> > Geoffrey Myers
>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:35 AM
>> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>> > Subject: [ale] OT: don't see attachment sent from Outlook
>> >
>> > So, I have a client who uses outlook for email.  When he sends me an
>> > attachment, all I get is a winmail.dat attachment.  I've tried opening
>> > the same emails using thunderbird and kmail on Centos same thing.  Using
>> >   the mac email client, same thing.  If I open it in webmail, same
>> > thing.
>> >
>> > Weird thing is, if he sends it to his personal email which he reads with
>> > kmail, he gets the attachments.  If the then forwards that email from
>> > his personal email, I see the attachment.
>> >
>> > Anyone have a solution?
>> >
>> > (other then NOT using outlook, it's a corporate standard for them)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Until later, Geoffrey
>> >
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