Naw. winmail.dat is what Outlook uses to encapsulate attachments and rtf
markup data. The format is called "TNEF" - if you're that interested there
is a free decoder for Windows and Linux called fentun
(http://www.fentun.com/) I have no association with fentun, but I do use
it. Most of the time the winmail.dat files are empty (just contain some
rtf data that I can't - or don't care to - see in Eudora).
If there's an attachment in the winmail.dat it's possible the file contains
a virus, but it's the attached file with the virus and not the
winmail.dat. Winmail.dat is not a sign of a virus, just a sign of M$ and
their tendency to make their products incompatible with everyone else's.
-Russ
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