Re: Wrong file association in Attachment Dialogue Box

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From: Tom Koch (spamtrap_at_insideoe.tomsterdam.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:55:12 +0200

Hi Lynnie,

"Lynnie" <Lynnie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8661E277-6289-43A7-90D8-8AFBEE86AF04@microsoft.com
> Hi, Tom
>
> I resent the problem letter...my hotmail logon is 'mentalmom50' in
> case you need that to clear the spam block.
> Also...if I forward letters with attachments that come via my ISP
> provided email address to my Hotmail account, the attachments open
> perfectly. Thanks again,
> Lynnie.

I got your message. I dragged the attachment (an *eml file) from the
message window and dropped it in an OE folder. I could open it in OE,
but it contained no attachment. It was however not a text file as you
wrote. It was a HTML file.

That makes me think you have OE set to read messages as plain text. When
you do that, a HTML message looks like a plain text message with an
attachment. Instead of trying to open the attachment, just press
ALT-SHIFT-H all at once to switch to HTML viewing mode (or click
View|Message as HTML).

If that is indeed the problem, you can turn off plain text mode by
clicking Tools, then Options, then on the Read tab, clear the check box
for "read all messages in plain text". 

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