winmail.dat

[Im a BusyBee]

I have received an important email with a 'winmail.dat' attachment and i cant open it - please can someone help me to open it. Thank you.

[Im a BusyBee]

thanks for your trouble but that page is not there anymore.

[Buenchico]

That's a dead link, Fender62.

A winmail.dat file doesn't, in itself, normally convey any usable data (such as a document). it simply holds formatting information for another attachment which was sent with the same email. If there was another attachment with the email,. and you've managed to open it without any problems, you can ignore the winmail.dat file.

However it seems that the original attachment can sometimes be sent within the winmail.dat file. If that's happened in your case, you can use this free online service to access the original attachment:
http://www.winmaildat.com/

Chris