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What is the winmail.dat file attached to my incoming emails? |
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Many times you might receive an email with an attachment called
winmail.dat. The file is sent from people using Microsoft Outlook as
their email program. The file allows Outlook users to send Transport
Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) information along with the email so
that it retains the look and feel of the document with formatting,
fonts, and colors when it’s received by another Microsoft Outlook user.
Unfortunately, the file is only relevant and used by Microsoft Outlook.
Users of Outlook Express, Eudora, Netscape Messenger, and other email
programs will receive the attachment called winmail.dat with the email.
The file is attached to the email because the original sender is
sending emails in Microsoft Outlook Rich Text Format instead of Plain
Text format.
How to Configure Outlook NOT to send Winmail.dat attachments
To Turn off Rich Text sending for messages in Microsoft Outlook:
- Open Microsoft Outlook
- Click on Tools
- Click Options, and then click the Mail Format tab.
- In the Compose in this Message Format list, select Plain Text, and then click OK.
This will set your default sending method to Plain
Text, which will lose your special formatting options with fonts,
colors, etc. However everyone, no matter what email program they are
using, will now be able to receive your email with no problems.
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