Re: Paperclip icon

Thanks Michael. To re-cap what happens is that my friend phones me saying
she can't open a Word doc I have sent her, which by the way is a doc other
friends have no problems opening and then she goes on to describe what they
are
seeing in their OE layout. I'm happy with my layout and have no problems
and as I don't have preview pane open anyway I had forgotten that's where
you see the paperclip. So I understand that if they have the preview pane
open they see a
paperclip.

Then to go on to why they can't open a Word doc. Looking at the information
you pointed me to, Word doc doesn't appear to be one of the formats that
the Attachment Manager in service pack 2 seems to consider a risk. More
things I will have to check out with my friend is have they got SP2 on their
PC, what Security zones they have selected and what if any error messages
occur. So I have a bit more to find
out. Also see if they can open the file anyway with properties, general
tab,
unblock.

Sorry to be so dim, hope my understanding of the attachment manager is on
the right track now but I will need to re-read that info a few times.

Thanks for all your help

Barb W


"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was addressing 2 issues. First you mention that you don't see the paper
clip any more. That's what I was talking about regarding the message list
and the preview pane. I was trying to determine where the paper clip is
missing for you. Since you don't use the preview pane, that wouldn't be
the problem one. The preview pane isn't needed to open attachments.

The second part regarding security settings was for your friend's problem.
IF they haven't got the do not allow setting checked, then the question
arises are they getting any error message when they try to open or save
the attachment?

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"B.W." <bwaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (del xxx)> wrote in message
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I don't know if the friend has the Preview pane open or not, I will check
that out with them. Because I never have my preview pane activated I
didn't
think of it. I haven't seen their set-up I just got a call saying they
could not open a Word doc I had sent and they said when they click on the
paperclip
the attachment doesn't open. Shouldn't they still be able to open or
save
the attachment with the preview pane open or not anyway?

I got them to check if they had 'Do not allow attachments to be saved or
opened that could potentially be a virus' cleared, which they had.

I will print out How the Attachment Manager works and see if I can
understand it.

I'll have to get more details from my friend.

Sorry Steve I didn't realise I should have sent an answer to one of my
previous messages I think possibly I didn't understand the answer. I
always
put Thanks In Advance on my queries as I understood Newsgroup
etiquette preferred people not to send additional threads as this only
clogs
and slows down the Internet more, that's why I usually put TIA. I do
realise it must be a thankless task for you experts on these newsgroups
and
I guess
you like to know if the suggestions actually solve the problems, sorry if
I
seemed rude, it really was not intended, what would we mere mortals do
without you people?

Many Thanks

B.W.



"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Are you missing the paper clip in the list of messages or the preview
pane?

If the list of messages, make sure that in View, Columns the Attachment
column is included. If it is, you might try making it a bit wider in
case
it accidentally got shrunk to small to show the paperclip.

If you aren't seeing it in the preview pane, you need to select a Mail
folder, then View, Layout, Preview Pane, Show Preview Pane Header in
order
to see the paper clip for attachments. If you select a News folder,
then
do the above, that applies to news messages instead.

As for you friends having problems opening attachments, have them start
here:

To stop the blocking of Any attachments, see this article:
Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in Outlook Express 6 After You Install
SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570

If you've installed XP SP2, then see:
Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service
Pack
2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260

To adjust which types of attachments OE blocks, see this article:
OLEXP: Using Virus Protection Features in OLEXP 6 and SP1
(OE removed access to the unsafe attachments in your email)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291387



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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"B.W." <bwaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (del xxx)> wrote in message
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When I receive an email with an attachment I no longer see a paperclip
as
with earlier versions of OE and I have no problems opening attachments.
However some of my friends still see a paperclip and have problems
opening attachments. Is this an older build of OE 6 (this is the
version
they are running) or some setting or other they have on their
computers.
Help on how to fix this please.

TIA

B.W.








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