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I tried renaming winmail.dat files that have been sent through this list recently with .txt and .wri extensions (under Win95), but cannot read them with Notepad or Wordpad accessories. Anyone else have success reading these files? On Mar 10, 1996 07:44:42, 'Robert Fink <[log in to unmask]>' wrote: >You wrote: >> >>Can anyone tell me how to convert downloaded winmail.dat files to >readable >>form. Is it necessary to associate them with something? Can I set up >to do it >>automatically? Recent postings downloaded such files into my >AOL/download >>directory. >> >>Thanks. >> > >Allan, > >Try renaming the files (different names for different files) with a >.txt extension and they should come up in Notepad or whatever program >you have your ASCII files associated with. Sometimes, such files are >too large for Notepad (it has a limit, but I am not sure how much), so >I have associated .txt files with Windows Write instead of Notepad. >All this is assuming that you are using Windows and not a Mac. For >Mac, it is probably very similar, however. > >Good luck, > >Bob >-- >******************************************************** > >Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S. Phone: 510-849-2555 >Neurological Surgery FAX: 510-849-2557 >2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 >Berkeley, California 94704-2636 >USA > >E-Mail: [log in to unmask] >World Wide Web: <http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/> > >CompuServe: 72303,3442 >America Online: BobFink "Ex Tristitia Virtus" > >******************************************************** > -- Diane Turner [log in to unmask]