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Attachment coming into versaSRS as winmail.dat

Article ID: Q731303

Category: FAQ - Knowledge Base

The information in this article applies to:

  • versaSRS v6.1 - v7.1.0
  • Attachment Issues

Attachments being logged in versaSRS as winmail.dat instead of the original attachment sent.

When an end user sends mail from an Exchange Windows or Outlook client, a file attachment called Winmail.dat may be automatically added to the end of the message if the recipient's client cannot receive messages in Rich Text Format (RTF). The Winmail.dat file contains Exchange Server RTF information for the message, and may appear to the recipient as a binary file. It is not useful to non-Exchange Server recipients.

The below linked article from Microsoft explains how to overcome this issue.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/958012/winmail-dat-sent-as-an-email-attachment-in-outlook-2007-and-2010

There are also some options for Office 365 in the below article.
http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2487954

227 Problem Opening Attachments From versaSRS

570 Attachments File Types (Supported / Not Supported)

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