Do you get any error message?

Or are you saying that the first 2-5 times you click an attachment,
nothing happens?

What type of attachments are these?

Are you perhaps receiving a forwarded message?

Nested messages (*.EML attachment files) is a common problem when
messages come from AOL, WebTV or Netscape. Some mail programs, such as
AOL, always do a Forward as Attachment. Netscape does this by default,
but the sender can do a "Forward Quoted" instead to avoid the problem.

Often the attachment includes "Content-Disposition: inline". Some mail
programs honor this. Unfortunately OE doesn't. With the exception of
images (which is controlled by Tools, Options, Read in OE4 or a registry
setting in OE5+), OE will not display attachments Inline. Instead you
have to open each attachment. If a message has been forward 10 times
you need to go down 10 levels of opening attachments.

If they are simple text messages, a quick workaround is to look at the
Message Source (Ctrl-F3).


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


"Bill S." billys@ epix.net wrote in message
...
When I try to open an attachment, I get the following: have to click
on it
3-6 times,or it goes to "my documents"- WHY? I've done a system
recovery
suggested by my pc supplier-to no avail. HELP!!!!
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Billy