Re: [Leica] WinMail.Dat attachments

["Joe Stephenson" <joeleica@email.msn.com>]

Jim,
I'm sure I'm guilty of sending WINMAIL.DAT attachments, but what are they,
and how do I know if I'm doing it?
Thanks,
Joe Stephenson
- -----Original Message-----
From: Jim Arnold <jim@ohio.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 10:25 AM
Subject: [Leica] WinMail.Dat attachments

>There are people on this list who keep sending WINMAIL.DAT attachments.
>I'm sure they have no idea they are doing it.
>
>Here is how to deal with them.
>
>Jim
>
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>
>
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>From http://www.annoyances.org/win95/win95ann5.html
>
>Stop Exchange from Attaching WINMAIL.DAT
>
>Last Modified: 1/6/96
>
>A good way to piss people off on the Internet is to repeatedly fill
>their mailbox with the useless WINMAIL.DAT attachments that Microsoft
>Exchange insists on including. Since Exchange supports rich-text email
>(bold, italic, multiple fonts, etc.), and Internet email doesn't, any
>email sent from Exchange to a non-Exchange mail reader will contain an
>Attachment called WINMAIL.DAT. If you use Exchange, you won't see this
>file, and the message will retain its formatting. However, it can be
>confusing for those who don't use Exchange (the majority of the
>Internet population), and have no use for this file. Here's how to
>turn it off:
>
>Step #1:
>
>Double-click on the Mail and Fax icon in Control Panel. Click on the
>Services tab, and select Internet Mail from the list. If Internet Mail
>is not listed, click Add to add this service. Click Properties, and
>then Message Format. Turn off the option that reads Use MIME when
>sending messages. Click OK and then OK again.
>
>
>Step #2:
>
>Double-click on the name of each recipient in your Address Book. Turn
>off the option that reads Always send to this recipient in Microsoft
>rich-text format.
>
>This option needs to be set for each recipient of a message - if even
>one has this turned on, all recipients will still get the attachment.
>
>Note: Either of these methods should work for most users, but
>sometimes nothing seems to work - yet another brilliant design
>strategy by Microsoft. If you plan to be sending lots of internet
>email, you should seriously consider using a mail program more suited
>to the task, such as Eudora.
>
>Note: A bug in Exchange may cause line feeds to be replaced with equal
>signs when rich-text mail is disabled.
>
>Note: NeXTstep email also supports rich text, but NeXT's designers
>were bright enough to include a button to allow the user to choose
>between NeXT mail, and non-NeXT mail (plain text).
>
>*********
>
>Remove the Equal Signs that Appear in Exchange
>
>Last Modified: sometime in 1995
>
>Let me guess; You've figured out how to turn off Rich Text in Exchange so
>you can send email to anyone on the Internet without the useless
>WINMAIL.DAT file, but now Exchange has put an equals sign "=" at the end of
>each line. To
>fix this bug in Exchange, do the following:
>
>*Open the Internet Mail Properties window, and click on the General tab.
>
>*Select Message Format, and then Character Set.
>
>*Change the character set from ISO-8859-2 to US ASCII.
>
>