[16384] in bugtraq
Re: Outlook winmail.dat
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John D. Hardin)
Fri Aug 25 13:56:05 2000
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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:21:32 -0700
Reply-To: "John D. Hardin" <jhardin@WOLFENET.COM>
From: "John D. Hardin" <jhardin@WOLFENET.COM>
X-To: Bryce Walter <brycewalter@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
In-Reply-To: <LAW2-F305bYiMCIqtQv0000069d@hotmail.com>
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Bryce Walter wrote:
> When a message is sent from Outlook in RTF format, Outlook
> attaches a file named winmail.dat. This file is used for
> transmitting the RTF-specific formatting information.
In addition (at least in my continuing exposure to it), Outlook buries
*all* of the message's attachments in the WINMAIL.DAT file, thus
rendering them unavailable to most mail clients, including some
versions of Outlook.
Repeat after me: Outlook Rich Text Format Is The Devil's Spawn.
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