Winmail.dat in Apple mail

Wow I just have to share with y'all the software solution to those winmail.dat files that have been appearing in my Mail inbox from my office.
When I send files out to some people, frequently I will Bcc myself so that the email also appears on my home email - and it does - but in the form of a winmail.dat file.
So off I went to find out what others used to open these - and I was directed to
http://www.restoroot.org/OMiC/en/index.php
Love the inexpensive cost and the ease of the software too.
Just had to share,

Now how boring would that be!
Thanks for that thought.
If you stop using RTF or HTML for message composition
with Outlook and use Plain Text instead for a number
of reasons, this will resolve it without having to
use such software.
This is not a Mail.app problem only. The same occurs
with any non-Outlook email client used by a recipient
when the sender of a message is an Outlook user and
adds attachments to a message that was composed with
RTF or HTML instead of using Plain Text for message
composition - but primarily when using RTF with
Outlook.
This is a Windows Outlook bug that Microslop doesn't
care enough about to fix.
http://www.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm
http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138053http://
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I should further say the files I sent are .xlsx and .docx files. They look fine my end and I send such files all the time without problems.
However, I did try to cheat by going in via the Safari onto my 'live' online email account and the Safari automatically transfers them to winmail.dat files with the same result.
Ahh - have just been on using my PC this time and you are right, it seems that the service provider does the transfer and then when my outlook opens the file (on the PC), it must reconvert to .xlsx etc again.
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Thanks for that thought.
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This is not a Mail.app problem only. The same occurs
with any non-Outlook email client used by a recipient
when the sender of a message is an Outlook user and
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http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et121705.htm

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Hi
The person that is sending you emails, has chosen in Outlook, to use the RTF format, for emailing and or specifically for emailing you. Perhaps this is default Outlook behavior at times.
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