# Winmail.dat and IOS

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winmail-dat-and-ios/727702>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 12, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winmail-dat-and-ios/727702 "2015-08-12T23:29:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winmail-dat-and-ios/727702/1 "2015-08-12T23:29:47Z")

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Lately, excel attachments from work have been showing up in winmail.dat form my iPhone 6 cannot open them. While I can access them from my laptop, on the phone it is no go, and I really need to be able to see it on the phone. Any advice as to how I can do this?

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winmail-dat-and-ios/727702/2 "2015-08-12T23:37:49Z")

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This is from [the Microsoft site regarding winmail.dat files…](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278061)

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winmail-dat-and-ios/727702/3 "2015-08-13T00:03:46Z")

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So the situation is that the person sending these is not the most…umm…tech savvy person. I would prefer to take care of this from my end. Since most of my co-workers seem to to have no problem I suspect that all the data is there. Is there an app for that?

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winmail-dat-and-ios/727702/4 "2015-08-13T01:06:34Z")

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Can you forward the attachment to yourself from your computer?

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**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winmail-dat-and-ios/727702/5 "2015-08-13T02:03:54Z")

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> [@dauerbach](#):
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> So the situation is that the person sending these is not the most…umm…tech savvy person. I would prefer to take care of this from my end. Since most of my co-workers seem to to have no problem I suspect that all the data is there. Is there an app for that?

There are quite a few at the App Store. [Winmaildat Opener](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/winmaildat-opener/id596413390?mt=8) looks like the best-reviewed totally free one.