I believe that the affected messages are probably related to delegated tasks. Microsoft systems, both clients and servers, allow a user to create a new task and assign it to someone else. That task is then shared with the assignee by sending an email with a specially formatted winmail.dat attachment. The same format is used the task creator makes any changes to the task, or to report back the assignee's progress.
The message that David mentioned is an indicator that the email appears to be one such email.
Andrew Barker
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SmarterTools Inc.
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