Get rid of winmail.dat attachments - Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

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Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 Your e-mail address will never be sold to anyone, ever. I promise!		Support this free newsletter—Support our advertisers PAID ADVERTISEMENT SAVE $ - SOLVE PC PROBLEMS ON YOUR OWN "I repair computers for a living & was looking for a utility that would simply do what usually took me hours. PC Pitstop Optimize 2.0 did all of it & more. I am very satisfied with the product & have recommended it to numerous clients." —Larry, CA Run a Free Scan Now! KOMANDO ESTORE FEATURED ITEM HOURS OF CREATIVE FUN! • A timeless, classic toy • 350 Colorforms patterns • Gets kids off video games PERFECT GIFT FOR KIDS, PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS! Get rid of winmail.dat attachments First, you ROCK! Thank you for explaining all this tech stuff. I’m having a problem with e-mail. I often send photos to my friends. But they receive them as winmail.dat files. Most can’t open these files. Those who can just see gibberish, not photos. I’d like to share my photos. Can this be fixed? —Debi from Alexandria, VA, listening on WTNT 570 AM Hey, Debi! You rock, too! You keep listening, and I’ll keep explaining this tech stuff. Your e-mail problem certainly can be fixed. It stems from a function of Microsoft Outlook. It may also be tied into how you’re sending your photos. But, as you’ll see, both are really one problem. First, just what is the winmail.dat file? It contains instructions for displaying Outlook’s Rich Text Format. If your recipients were using Outlook, it would be decoded automatically. They’d just see your e-mail. Unfortunately, not all e-mail programs can read Outlook’s instructions. Your friends obviously aren’t using Outlook. To them, your e-mails are showing up as unreadable winmail.dat files. Also, I would guess you’re simply inserting photos into your e-mail. This places the photos into the body of the e-mail. There, they get mixed up in the winmail.dat file. A better practice is to attach the photos rather than insert them. This separates them from the e-mail body. This should get your photos through most of the time. Unfortunately, Outlook occasionally bundles attachments into the winmail.dat file, anyway. In that case, we’re pretty much back to square one. On a side note, you could make your friends download a decoder. This would allow them to read your winmail.dat files. But that’s a lot of work. And after a while, you won’t have many friends left to e-mail. There is a solution to winmail.dat. Click here and I'll tell you! Every day, Team Komando produces some of the best content you'll find anywhere on the Internet. Here is a sampling of what's new on our site today! • Video of the Day: YouTube is a great outlet for some amazing stories. Many have been my Video of the Day. But could these stories be true? • Cool Site of the Day: It's time to say goodbye to 2008. How will you bring in the new year? I've got some pretty interesting ideas. • Digital Minute, on your radio: There's a new e-mail scam just in time for the New Year. But you needn't get hurt. You can protect yourself. • Free Download of the Day: Have you ever wanted to record your phone calls? You can do it. Just team Skype and this simple plug-in! • Tip on the site: Pulling still photos from HD video takes work. And you need to know about interlaced video. I can explain it in plain English. Kim :)

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