Confused about "Could not parse Outlook Rich Text attachment"

[Denis Beauchemin]

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Brent Bolin wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Looking through the mail list archives and the actual message, it has 
> to do with M$ outlook using Rich text.  Think trying to get users to 
> use plain text and html might be a problem.
>
> I also see mention of winmail.dat .  If I send a test message with 
> rich text enabled , I don't see this attached to the mail.  I checked 
> this using "vi" on a users mail box.
>
> Deliver Unparsable TNEF = no
>
> Is it safe to change this to yes
>
> Vexira is the viruse scanner being used.  It is not being run from 
> MailScanner.
>
> sendmail+vexira+milter
>
Brett,

You may have better luck with:
TNEF Expander = internal

I get almost no unparsable TNEF this way.

Allowing TNEF is a bad idea because there may be many nasty things in 
the email that a virus scanner cannot protect you against.

Denis

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