Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format
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It is usually implemented as an attachment called '''winmail.dat''' or '''win.dat''', which Microsoft programs know what to do with, but is a useless and confusing attachment to everybody else (unless they use one of several programs and plugins that have been devised to help non-MS-ers cope with it). | It is usually implemented as an attachment called '''winmail.dat''' or '''win.dat''', which Microsoft programs know what to do with, but is a useless and confusing attachment to everybody else (unless they use one of several programs and plugins that have been devised to help non-MS-ers cope with it). | ||
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* [http://www.fentun.com/ Fentun]: Freeware Windows program to decode this attachment | * [http://www.fentun.com/ Fentun]: Freeware Windows program to decode this attachment | ||
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/lookout/ Lookout]: Thunderbird addon to read TNEF | * [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/lookout/ Lookout]: Thunderbird addon to read TNEF | ||
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| + | == Links and references == | ||
| + | * [[Wikipedia:Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format|Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (Wikipedia)]] | ||
| + | * [http://www.modemhelp.net/newsletter/email/winmaildat.shtml How to turn off winmail.dat attachments] | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 26 December 2012
Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) is a proprietary format used by Microsoft mail software to encode attachments and rich text, instead of more standards-compliant methods such as MIME.
It is usually implemented as an attachment called winmail.dat or win.dat, which Microsoft programs know what to do with, but is a useless and confusing attachment to everybody else (unless they use one of several programs and plugins that have been devised to help non-MS-ers cope with it).
