handle winmail.dat transparently

[Aneurin Hall]

My employer emails out rosters and paperwork using an automated system based on outlook/exchange, one of the problems is that multiple attachments get rolled into one winmail.dat file that is a pain to use on linux.

there is a free software utility to handle these files called tnef which has been in ubuntu for ages and is developed here: https://github.com/verdammelt/tnef however it would be better if pantheon mail could open these files and present the contents to the user as attachments without going through extra steps/scripts/contracts.

[Cassidy James Blaede (cassidyjames)]

I came across something similar recently and wanted to add some info. winmail.dat just looks like a simple container format and is expected to not be seen by the user. Using tnef as mentioned works similarly to extracting a file from an archive into the current directory. Mail could theoretically depend on tnef and use it under the hood.

[Zisu Andrei (matzipan)]

Hey Cass,

Would you be able to provide a dump of the full text of an email with an attached winmail.dat file?

[Zisu Andrei (matzipan)]

Clicked submit too soon on the above message. You can do this by selecting an email, and in the conversation view you will see the "three dots" icon in the top-right. Click on that and then click on View source.