Re: Attachment included in body of e-mail

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Hi Alias,

You leave no room for discussion. An admission of a mistake was given. Was
it bad advice or simply a typo? Do you believe an MVP never makes a mistake
or might offer a solution that may not work? It seems you overreacted.

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
news:uJ6wnVXWFHA.3140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You gave bad advice. Admit it.

Alias

"Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@xxxxxxx> wrote

> Sorry for the error, but does it justify your vitriol?
>
> File | Folder | Compact All Folders
>
> --
> Tim K.
> aka Kuay Tim
> MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
> Lynnwood, WA
> *
> "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
> news:uH44Z5VWFHA.2572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@xxxxxxx> wrote
>
>> Hi Gene,
>>
>> One thing to try first if not done on a regular basis is compacting
>> folders.
>> This can repair minor damage in the message store.
>>
>> Tools, Folder...Compact All Folders
>>
>> Do this in Offline Mode.
>>
>> --
>> Tim K.
>
> That's all? No sir, you need to first click on Outlook Express at the top
> of
> the folder tree and then go to View/Layout and get rid of the folder tree.
> Then File/Work Offline and THEN, File/Folder/Compact All Folders.
>
> Tools does not have the compact all folders option. And you're an MVP!?
>
> Alias
>
>> *
>> "Gene Hora" <ams34@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:u9Jhe.15078$887.12951@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> A work-around I tested was to send the attachment as a self-extracting
>> file
>> (*.exe). Of course, the problem there might be that recipients' security
>> options may not allow receipt of the mail. Zip file might be better. Not
>> a
>> satisfactory solution to the problem however.
>>
>> "Gene Hora" <ams34@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:vIIhe.15077$887.14299@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I sent a test e-mail with the attachment with the original settings under
>>>Options. No change; part of the test of the attachment was printed in
>>>the
>>>document.
>>>
>>> I then unchecked the "...not allow attachments to be saved..." and sent
>>> a
>>> similar test message -- same result.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Gene Hora" <ams34@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:5%Hhe.635$h86.332@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>I don't have the "Block images...." checked, but do have the "...not
>>>>allow
>>>>attachments to be saved..." checked. As far as I know this has always
>>>>been the same. If you think this may be the problem, I'll attempt to
>>>>send
>>>>a new e-mail to myself with the attachment and check the result. I'll
>>>>let
>>>>you know the result.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23ovuScPWFHA.1224@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Hi Gene,
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't have a good answer, but am wondering if this behavior could be
>>>>> related to a security setting. In Tools, Options, Security tab is
>>>>> either
>>>>> Do
>>>>> not allow attachments to be saved or opened or Block images and other
>>>>> external content in HTML e-mail selected?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Tim K.
>>>>> aka Kuay Tim
>>>>> MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
>>>>> Lynnwood, WA
>>>>> *
>>>>> "Gene Hora" <ams34@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:cHxhe.318$h86.220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> I don't often send attachments but have never had a problem. Recently
>>>>> sent a
>>>>> small jpg file containing just text and after it was sent I decided to
>>>>> print
>>>>> out a copy. I was surprised to see half of the attachment printed out
>>>>> as
>>>>> part of the basic e-mail. What caused this and how can it be
>>>>> corrected.
>>>>> I
>>>>> read a couple of the NG posts pertaining to attachments but none
>>>>> seemed
>>>>> to
>>>>> quite fit this problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have XP/SP2 and OE 6 is my default e-mail, although I have Outlook
>>>>> 2003
>>>>> installed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>



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