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?

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 ...

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 ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

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.