Forum mail list protocols (was Print issue)

[Bruce Easton]

Bob, how did you get the linked part into a winmail.dat form?   From a 
mac, I can save the attachment listed at the bottom of the 'next part' 
section of Richard's original post regarding 'Print issue', but it just 
saves as 'attachment.bin'.   I do have a program for opening winmail.dat 
files (TNEF).   --Bruce

On 7/16/18 2:38 PM, Bob Rasmussen via Filepro-list wrote:
> First, an aside on mail list protocols. Your original post attempted 
> to forward or include a previous email from a client. The list server 
> scrubbed that, but made it linkable as a file named "winmail.dat" as 
> type "application/ms-tnef", which means, loosely, "attached email 
> message".
>
> I was able to download from the link, open it in a free utility named 
> "Winmail opener" (https://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/winmail_opener/), 
> and see its multipart contents. One of the parts was a PDF file 
> containing a scan, showing the original problem.
>
> Takeaways for list users:
>
> 1) Be aware when you're forwarding or attaching in posts to the 
> filepro list;
> 2) It is possible to download and open those scrubbed attachments, as 
> above, depending on MIME type and file extension.
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