Bruce,

Many thanks for this prompt and impressive reply. I do indeed use AVG
(abandoned Outpost when it went to version 4). One lives and learns.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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If the message contains any HTML and you are reading in Plain Text, you
will see the paper clip.

Also, if you are using AVG for your anti-virus and have e-mail scanning
enabled, that can cause the issue as well. Normally, I would just say to
turn off the e-mail scanning feature. It is a redundant layer of
protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. However, with AVG you need to remove
and reinstall AVG and choose Custom Mode. Uncheck E-mail Scanning when you
see that option. For some reason, just unchecking it in the security
center causes a conflict with the Windows Security Center.

See:
http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/re...?3,76131,76141
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"xylophone" wrote in message
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I use XP SP2 and IE7 with OE6. I am getting emails which in the top part
of the page - where each email has a line comprising from ,subject, sent -
it also has an attachment symbol, the paper clip, but there is no
attachment in the message header in the bottom preview pane, or when I
open it. What is going wrong here? I assume the symbol should only
appear in the line at the top part of the page if there is an attachment
for that message. Other messages I have received have the same symbol on
their line and there is an attachment in their case.