Conference chefs::ms-exchange

939.0. "How to get RTF body to other mail systems?" by LEMAN::BOTHNER (Tor Bothner (Office consultant, GEO)) Tue Mar 18 1997 11:33

Hi,

how can I get rich text (with formatting) from Exchange to other mail 
systems, e.g. ALL-IN-1, via SMTP/MIME.

As discussed elsewhere, Exchange seems to send out rich text as two 
bodypart, one the plain ASCII text, and the other, WINMAIL.DAT, that 
incldues the formatting information.

Is there any way of getting this two-part message into one bodypart, 
e.g. of type RTF?
- Can one force Exchange to do it?
- Does there exist any convertors to do this?

This must be somethingthat everyone wants, but all I can find is 
references to how to remove the WINMAIL.DAT. Or is this so simple 
that I've just overlooked it?

BTW, the versions involved are Exchange 5.0 and Outlook 97.

thanks,
--tor

To the best of my knowledge this in-line rich text is only recognised 
by MSmail and Exchange. While rich text itself (.rtf) is well known 
by other applications and mail clients as a file type, the special 
way MS mail and Exchange package the "cover note"  (as winmail.dat or 
ms-tnef MIME type) are only understood by MS mail and Exchange.

Exchange always sends a plain text version along with the rich text 
just in case the message is delivered to a non Microsoft system. I'm 
pretty sure the connectors to the MTS system are all set to disable 
rich text in any case.

Normally people would use Word or some other interchangeable doc 
format for anything that requires special formatting.