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winmail.dat attachments
Have you ever received an email with an unreadable file attached called "winmail.dat"?
This is an attachment sent to you from a person using Outlook. They have sent their email using a Rich Text Format or HTML Format. The issue is that you must have Outlook to be able to read that attachment.
There are two simple solutions to this problem.- Install Outlook and use it to view the email.
- Reply back to that person and ask them to resend the email as Plain Text.
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