Message Viewer Lite View the Demo Download Product Sheet (PDF) The simple viewer for winmail.dat, .msg and .eml files Opens winmail.dat and .msg files created by Outlook, or .eml files created by Lotus Notes, Groupwise, Thunderbird, Outlook Express, Windows Mail. See Also: Msg Viewer Pro for a full featured viewer.

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What is a Winmail.dat file?

Winmail.dat files are created by Microsoft Outlook to send Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) data with an email. TNEF contains information that allows Outlook to display certain formatting information (fonts, colors, etc) so that it can be reassembled by another Outlook client.

This information only applies to Outlook users, who will see a fully formatted document and never a winmail.dat file. Other email clients, such as Lotus Notes, Thunderbird, Outlook Express, etc., can’t display this formatting and so the winmail.dat file appears as an email attachment.

MessageViewer Lite can be associated in the Windows operating system to handle winmail.dat files.  This will allow you to simply click on the winmail.dat file and view it.

How can I view a winmail.dat file?

You can install Microsoft Outlook, or you can install the Message Viewer Lite email viewer. Just drag and drop the winmail.dat file to the desktop and then open it with MessageViewer Lite.

If you are looking for a simple and inexpensive solution to open winmail.dat, .msg and .eml files, Message Viewer Lite is for you.

Message Viewer Lite is designed for simplicity. It allows for viewing either .msg or .eml mime email messages, without the need for Outlook, Windows Mail, MAPI, or Outlook Express.

Message Viewer Lite reads winmail.dat, .msg or .eml files, and displays them in their original format.

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