Was it a winmail.dat file?
If so, search Microsoft Support site (support.microsoft.com) for Article
ID Q197064
It's caused by the sender using a Corporate version of Outlook 2000.

Rick P

-----Original Message-----
From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mohamed Ismail
Sent: Sunday, 23 June 2002 10:10 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCSOFT] File Extension


Dear friends
I have a problem concerning file extension. I received
an e mail with a clip attached to it. This clip ought
to be an wmv file but the downloaded one is a dat
file. The file downloaded is exactly:
name.wmv[04-25].dat
 I tried to open it several times, even when changing
the extension, but did not succeed. What to do?
Thanks in advance and best wishes, Ism.


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