WMDecode - get attachments from winmail.dat files on Windows

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WMDecode is a utility you can use in conjunction with your non-Microsoft-Outlook e-mail program. When you receive a message from a user with Microsoft Outlook who has sent you a message in Microsoft Outlook RTF format, you will receive the normal message text along with an attached file named 'winmail.dat'. Strictly speaking it's not a Word rich text file and you can't use Word to read it - it is a format MicroSoft calls 'TNEF'.

The winmail.dat file contains a formatted version of the message (which this program ignores) and any attached files. WMDecode will scan the selected winmail.dat file for attachments and save them individually, defaulting to the original (long) filename.

WMDecode is easy to use. To install, copy the file WMDecode.exe to your desktop. To use, just drag/drop a WINMAIL.DAT file onto it to retrieve the attached files.

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Note - if you use Microsoft Outlook Express and receive a message from an Outlook user which should have an attachment but appears to be missing then it may be still there.
Follow this procedure: In Outlook Express, drag the file onto the desktop and rename to WINMAIL.MIM (You may have to enable filename extensions in Explorer/Options). Then open up WinZip - or another MIME decoder - choose menu 'open' and select the WINMAIL.MIM file and extract the file 'winmail.dat' (if it exists) into a folder and then drop that file onto WMDecode.exe. Attachments will then be searched for.