Mysterious attachment in e-mail

Question

Which forum should I ask this question:

I sent an e-mail via Outlook 2002 with three recipients.
It is a small, simple, plain text e-mail with no attachments.

When I processed the MIME contents on the receiver side (in my C# app), it had an attachment called winmail.dat.
Why the attachment, and what would be in it? How can I view the contents of this .dat file?

Thanks,

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Jon Jacobs
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Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for your post! I would suggest posting your question in one of the Windows Live Developer Center > Windows Live Developer Forums > Windows Live  Spaces: Development  located here:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/enUS/wlspacesdev/threads

 

Hope this helps you.

 

Have a great day!

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PRADEEP THORAT Tier 2 Application Support Server and Tools Online Engineering Live Services Team

Answer 2

I suggest you to visit the Outlook for Developers forum at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officedev

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