Date   : Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:54:39 +0000
From   : Darren Grant <darren.grant@...>
Subject: Re: Using the BBC Master 512

On 1/2/06 22:35, "Tim Fardell" <tim.fardell@...> wrote:
>>> filename="winmail.dat"
>>> 
>>> eJ8+IicRAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy
>>> b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQ2ABAACAAAAAgACAAEGgAMADgAAANYHAgABABEACwAAAAMA/wAB
>>> A5AGAOQGAAAmAAAACwACAAEAAAALACMAAAAAAAMAJgAAAAAACwApAAAAAAADADYAAAAAAB4AcAAB
>> 
>>  
>> Eeeee!!! What's all this crap????
> 
> Are there still mail clients in use that don't support MIME, then?
> 
> Admittedly the TNEF attachment is pointless, but it's not a problem for a
> MIME-compatible mailer.
> 
Winmail.dat files are not part of MIME they are some dumb (MIME Encoded)
Microsoft extension in Outlook & Outlook Express. You should turn of
Microsoft Rich Test so that you don't waste bandwidth sending junk
winmail.dat files to the people who don't use a Microsoft mail client. My
guess that is most people on this list.