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Old 02-23-2009   #1 (permalink)
Douglas


 
 

Corrupted file attachments

I am receiving emails with attachments that say they are a "winmail.dat". I
am unable to open them as they show that it is a "corruptedcompressedfile".
I had no problems with these emails when I had Windows XP - why can't I open
them now??

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Old 02-23-2009   #2 (permalink)
mac


 
 

Re: Corrupted file attachments


"Douglas" <Douglas@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:12B3095C-A231-41DF-849F-310999E13DBC@xxxxxx
Quote:

>I am receiving emails with attachments that say they are a "winmail.dat". I
> am unable to open them as they show that it is a
> "corruptedcompressedfile".
> I had no problems with these emails when I had Windows XP - why can't I
> open
> them now??
Ask the sender to use plain text to send the message/attachment again.

They are being sent from MS Outlook in a format called RTF, only MS Outlook
can recognise them.


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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/


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Old 02-23-2009   #3 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen


 
 

Re: Corrupted file attachments

See
http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Douglas" <Douglas@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:12B3095C-A231-41DF-849F-310999E13DBC@xxxxxx
Quote:

>I am receiving emails with attachments that say they are a "winmail.dat". I
> am unable to open them as they show that it is a "corruptedcompressedfile".
> I had no problems with these emails when I had Windows XP - why can't I open
> them now??
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 02-25-2009   #4 (permalink)
Luigi Dalu


 
 

Re: Corrupted file attachments

ciao a tutti non posso che complimentarmi scrivete in italiano grazie
"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:%23zZAxKilJHA.3608@xxxxxx
See
http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Douglas" <Douglas@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:12B3095C-A231-41DF-849F-310999E13DBC@xxxxxx
Quote:

>I am receiving emails with attachments that say they are a "winmail.dat". I
> am unable to open them as they show that it is a
> "corruptedcompressedfile".
> I had no problems with these emails when I had Windows XP - why can't I
> open
> them now??

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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