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pdf attachments somehow are converted to winmail.dat and cannot be opened

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I have received some emails with an attachment labled winmail.dat which I could not open. When I contacted the sender, he said he did not attach a "winmail.dat" file but a pdf file.

I have received some emails with an attachment labled winmail.dat which I could not open. When I contacted the sender, he said he did not attach a "winmail.dat" file but a pdf file.

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Xircal
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Explained here: How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users