How do I stop winmail.dat being created?

When sending messages from Outlook as rich text or HTML formats attachments are grouped together in a file called winmail.dat. This is a Microsoft proprietary format that cannot be read by P3fax.

P3console submits messages to Outlook in plain text format to avoid the creation of winmail.dat files. During the sending process Outlook will sometimes covert these messages into Rich Text format automatically placing the attachments in the winmail.dat format. These messages are then not sent correctly by P3fax.

To avoid this happening it is recommended that you start Outlook before starting P3console or printing to the P3 printer when sending messages through the application.

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