They are doing a forward as attachment which should result in an EML
file attachment to you. But for some reason the file type is getting
changed. What you need to do is save the message5.txt attachment (e.g.
File, Save Attachments), then rename it to an EML file (e.g.
message5.EML) and then you can double click the EML file to open and
view it.

For more on this, see the Problems and Complications section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...de.htm#problem

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


"sparklinbluiz" wrote in
message ...
I hope someone can offer some advice. I use Outlook Express with
problems for
the most part, except when I receive email from a particular friend
who
always uses hotmail. Whenever I receive email from this person, the
"paperclip" indicates an attachment. When I open the message, in the
attachment line appears :message5.txt (message size). When I open
that, I
either get a lot of junk and have to pick through all the text to
"find" the
real message, or, I get an enormous amount of what I call binary
picture junk
(I'm sure there is a more technical name for it) but it is basically
the
spelled out numerical version of a photo. It is a bunch of jargon
instead of
the photo.

When I log onto comcast.net and open my email on the web, the photos
and
text appear perfectly. I have tried to play with my nortons antivirus
anti-spam settings, my Outlook Express security settings, etc to see
if I
have something set wrong and if I am somehow blocking these images but
I can
not figure this out. Can anyone suggest what the problem may be? It is
very
frustrating that this person keeps sending me email and I have to keep
deleting them or logging on to webmail.

Thank you!