Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format
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'''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. | '''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. | + | 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). |
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 04:34, 30 November 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).
References
- Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (Wikipedia)
- Fentun: Freeware Windows program to decode this attachment
- Lookout]: Thunderbird addon to read TNEF
