Greetings, Someone I know got a file with a .dat extension. Since I'm their de facto IT geek I thought I'd take a look at it. When I execute the "file" command, I get "Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format". It is not a pure ASCII file and OpenOffice doesn't particularly open it very well. This is coming from not too computer-literate people who would probably have no idea what a Digital Audio Tape looks like. Does anyone know what this could be? TIA & Cheers
* expatriate (lbox@nellgc.plus.com) [030908 13:26]:
Someone I know got a file with a .dat extension. Since I'm their de facto IT geek I thought I'd take a look at it. When I execute the "file" command, I get
"Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format".
It's some sort of MS MAPI file according the first hit on google. 'strings < file.dat' might be interesting. -- -ckm
Op maandag 8 september 2003 22:31, schreef Christopher Mahmood:
* expatriate (lbox@nellgc.plus.com) [030908 13:26]:
Someone I know got a file with a .dat extension. Since I'm their de facto IT geek I thought I'd take a look at it. When I execute the "file" command, I get
"Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format".
It's some sort of MS MAPI file according the first hit on google. 'strings < file.dat' might be interesting.
or install the tnef rpm instead of strings. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* expatriate (lbox@nellgc.plus.com) [030908 13:26]:
Someone I know got a file with a .dat extension. Since I'm their de facto IT geek I thought I'd take a look at it. When I execute the "file" command, I get
"Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format".
It's some sort of MS MAPI file according the first hit on google. 'strings < file.dat' might be interesting.
Thanks. Some the strings are the same that OpenOffice shows. However, nothing of much interest there. I googled MAPI and saw that MAPI is beyond my comprehension/interest level. Could this be virus-related?
On Monday 08 September 2003 22:45, expatriate wrote:
Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* expatriate (lbox@nellgc.plus.com) [030908 13:26]:
Someone I know got a file with a .dat extension. Since I'm their de facto IT geek I thought I'd take a look at it. When I execute the "file" command, I get
"Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format".
It's some sort of MS MAPI file according the first hit on google. 'strings < file.dat' might be interesting.
Thanks. Some the strings are the same that OpenOffice shows. However, nothing of much interest there. I googled MAPI and saw that MAPI is beyond my comprehension/interest level. Could this be virus-related?
Errr this file wouldn't be called winmail.dat would it? C.
Clayton Cornell wrote:
On Monday 08 September 2003 22:45, expatriate wrote:
Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* expatriate (lbox@nellgc.plus.com) [030908 13:26]:
Someone I know got a file with a .dat extension. Since I'm their de facto IT geek I thought I'd take a look at it. When I execute the "file" command, I get
"Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format".
It's some sort of MS MAPI file according the first hit on google. 'strings < file.dat' might be interesting.
Thanks. Some the strings are the same that OpenOffice shows. However, nothing of much interest there. I googled MAPI and saw that MAPI is beyond my comprehension/interest level. Could this be virus-related?
Errr this file wouldn't be called winmail.dat would it?
C.
Errr yes. I looked up winmail.dat on Google and my comprehension level (of dubious dribble) has risen. Thanks.
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 10:38, expatriate wrote:
Clayton Cornell wrote:
On Monday 08 September 2003 22:45, expatriate wrote:
Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* expatriate (lbox@nellgc.plus.com) [030908 13:26]:
Someone I know got a file with a .dat extension. Since I'm their de facto IT geek I thought I'd take a look at it. When I execute the "file" command, I get
"Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format".
It's some sort of MS MAPI file according the first hit on google. 'strings < file.dat' might be interesting.
Thanks. Some the strings are the same that OpenOffice shows. However, nothing of much interest there. I googled MAPI and saw that MAPI is beyond my comprehension/interest level. Could this be virus-related?
Errr this file wouldn't be called winmail.dat would it?
C.
Errr yes. I looked up winmail.dat on Google and my comprehension level (of dubious dribble) has risen. Thanks.
Ha ha... yah, you have to love Outlook's proprietary formats. Just for those that don't already know, winmail.dat is a file that gets sent along with an email created in MSOutlook when the user is using the RTF option for the email editor. The winmail.dat file is totally useless to any other email tool on the planet except Outlook, and all it should contain is the RTF formatting information. C.
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 12:05 pm, Clayton Cornell wrote:
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 10:38, expatriate wrote:
Clayton Cornell wrote:
On Monday 08 September 2003 22:45, expatriate wrote:
Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* expatriate (lbox@nellgc.plus.com) [030908 13:26]:
Someone I know got a file with a .dat extension. Since I'm their de facto IT geek I thought I'd take a look at it. When I execute the "file" command, I get
"Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format".
It's some sort of MS MAPI file according the first hit on google. 'strings < file.dat' might be interesting.
Thanks. Some the strings are the same that OpenOffice shows. However, nothing of much interest there. I googled MAPI and saw that MAPI is beyond my comprehension/interest level. Could this be virus-related?
Errr this file wouldn't be called winmail.dat would it?
C.
Errr yes. I looked up winmail.dat on Google and my comprehension level (of dubious dribble) has risen. Thanks.
Ha ha... yah, you have to love Outlook's proprietary formats.
Just for those that don't already know, winmail.dat is a file that gets sent along with an email created in MSOutlook when the user is using the RTF option for the email editor. The winmail.dat file is totally useless to any other email tool on the planet except Outlook, and all it should contain is the RTF formatting information.
C.
Not necessarily..... it can also contain attachments such as pictures and these can be retrieved using the TNEF program... which comes with SuSE. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 09/10/03 12:25 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "If you start all your e-mails with the words "Howdy y'all", you might be a "high tech Redneck'"
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