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[James Hatridge <James.Hatridge@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bruce et al...

First of all I thanks to everyone, the tnef script did the job. I do not allow 
my wife on the 'net with her Dos/windows machine. I have enough problems 
without fixing her system daily. Therefore she gets all her email thru my 
Linux machine. One of her girlfriend sent pictures of a class reunion in Ulm 
Germany. 

The file's full name was "winmail.dat". I didn't know that the winmail meant 
anything. I use M$ as little as I can get away with. Anyway I got the file 
open and now my wife is (for a bit) happy with me.

Thanks Guys!

JIM

On Friday 13 August 2004 04:15, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Thursday 12 August 2004 09:57 pm, Malke Routh wrote:
> > Yes, finding out what it is - as I suggested - is a good idea - *if* you
> > can contact the person who sent it; i.e., the sender is someone you
> > know. However, in Windows, .dat files are usually nothing you would
> > normally send to anyone. If your wife is running Windows, sure - let her
> > follow your "oh don't be silly" advice. She should make sure she has a
> > current antivirus using updated definitions and scan for spyware
> > afterwards.
>
> There are versions of a Windows emailer (not sure it is Outlook or just a
> particular version of Outlook)  that will put attachments in a
> *winmail.dat* file.   The contents of these files can be extracted on linux
> using the tnef program.
>
> The people who send these files don't usually have a clue that they are
> doing so since it is all done by the email program.  Asking them won't
> yeild much information.
>
> On the other hand, James never told us the complete name of the file.....
>
>
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>--+ + Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx  Bellaire, MI         08/12/04
> 22:13  +
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--+ Dowling's Law of Photography:
>    "One missed photographic opportunity  creates a desire to
>       purchase two additional pieces of equipment."

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