Subject: Application/MS-TNEF Enclosures

From: [email-masked]
Date: 11 Nov 1995 22:12:56 -0500

I've started receiving mail containing two parts.  The first part is
usually a few lines of ASCII text.  The second part is about 2.9KB
long and PINE 3.91 identifies it as application/MS-TNEF.  The only
thing I can do with the second part is save it to a file.  The headers
show that the sender is using Microsoft Mail.  I asked someone who
sent me such a message what he was doing.  He was a computer novice
and didn't know.  Several messages from him had the attachment and
several didn't.  He didn't indicate he had done anything different
when sending the mail without the attachment.

So, what is the MS-TNEF attachment?  Why is it called an application?
What causes it to be sent?  Is it necessary?  If not, how can it be
avoided?

Thanks,
Barry

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Barry Wolman
Pittsburgh, PA