Jerry, I second the motion. Jared Lang > ---------- > From: Jerry Cupples[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: TechNet E-Mail Forum.;Jerry Cupples > Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 8:23 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] admin: strange attachment files, was: Read: > No-clean > > Mike McMonagle asked: > > >How do I read these winmail.dat files? > > > >Mike McMonagle > >PCA Process Supervisor > >K*Tec Electronics > >(281) 243-5639 > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Randy Nelson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > >> Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 9:08 AM > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: [TN] Read: No-clean solder......Military Contracts > >> > >> << File: winmail.dat >> > > On my system, you can't with the regular email program (Eudora) - it > will > quit reading and say something like "can't read pop file", so then in > order > to read your mail, you open up a terminal program, start "elm" (a > generic > unix mail reader on the server) find the offending message, delete it, > then > go back to Eudora. Then you find that everyone who replied to that > posting > has also sent a poison message. > > This may be Microsoft's (the root of most evil in the universe) fault. > On > the other hand, Qualcomm is not helping me fix this. > > IMHO, all attachments (including vcards, logo paintbrush files, etc.) > should be stripped from postings by the technet listserver before > distribution. > > > regards, > > > > > > Jerry Cupples > Interphase Corporation > Dallas, TX USA > http://www.iphase.com > > ################################################################ > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > 1.8c > ################################################################ > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > following text in the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > ################################################################ > Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" > section for additional information. > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################ > ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################