Hi Stephen,
On 11 February 2000 at 22:52:55 GMT +1030 (which was about 12:22 where
I live) Stephen Davies <scldad@sdc.com.au> wrote about "mime type
application/ms-tnef" and made these points:
SD> I am starting to receive emails with attachments with a MIME type of
SD> application/ms-tnef.
SD> What is this type? (apart from a devious Microsoft plot)
SD> Are there any tools for reading these attachments under Linux?
As you guessed it is Microsoft playing around not using standard
formats.
I have been told what it stands for not remember. It is to do with the
way in which outlook/exchange parcels up attachments. It is expecting
that the receiver can read RTF messages from outlook. To fix it the
sender has to change there options (According to a friend of mine) ,
the sender can fix this by going to "Tools" / "Options" (in outlook)
and on the options dialog select the Mail Format tab. Choose "Plain
Text". Any other format employs the TNEF device to embed attachments
at *the exact place you put them* in a "rich text" message.
I hope that this helps?
PS I don't know of a Linux took.
-- Regards, DavidWhen you say `I wrote a program that crashed Windows', people just stare at you blankly and say `Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*'
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