The winmail.dat file is a container file format used by Microsoft Outlook to send attachments in richtext formatted emails. To open winmail.dat on Linux, use the tnef utility.
Installation
sudo apt-get install tnef
Usage
Open a shell window, navigate to the directory where the winmail.dat file is saved, then execute the command:
tnef winmail.dat
to extract all files that are stored in the winmail.dat into the current directory.
How to open winmail.dat files on Ubuntu and Debian Linux
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Ditto. I am always getting email from people and I plead to stop sending me .dat and .pub files. They keep doing it so thanks for solving that. Now all I need is a .pub converter……..sigh
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i have a problem; after command line, ask me “[sudo] password for francesco:” , but i can’t succeed to write my pw. Why?
Francesco that is a password that you or who ever installed your linux version of your OS should know. When you type it appears that nothing is being typed, that just how it seems.
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So easy! Thanks for the help.
There is also a Ubuntu package called claws-mail-tnef-parser that is a plugin to the Claws mail program and allows seamless attachment handling- you don’t even know there’s a winmail.dat file. May be plugins for other mail programs too.
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