>> Can you give me a hint how to read the attachment? I may be a stupid
>> question, but i can't make anything out of it?

> It's not meant to be read. It's some stupid option that is on by
> default in Microsoft Exchange (Send text as RTF)

Before today, I'd agree completely.  MS-Mail does this too.

However, this specific WINMAIL.DAT contained all the text parts
that Eric Rossello <sopheric@QATAR.NET.QA> mentioned in his email.
Actually, I'm not sure how he got all those files into it.

I have taken it apart and have the 6 seperate files he sent.  If
Eric doesn't repost in a more usable fashion, I can repost them on
request.  I haven't done so since they are over 1000 lines (~40KB).

> that always appends a
> base64'ed or uuencoded file called winmail.dat to your email.

Technically speaking, the file is added as a binary attachment.
The encoding occurs when going through a gateway (Base64 is part
of the MIME specification for SMTP transport on the Internet).

If you use a MIME-aware user agent, the Base64 encoding is totally
transparent and not visible.
                                                Lee

P.S. No Microsoft products were used in the extraction of the
     text portions of Eric's WINMAIL.DAT attachment.