Bruce, Solved my problem. As you can see from the attached screen shot the
Midi volume was set at the lowest (red arrow) Don't know how it got there--I
didn't do it. When I changed it to the highest setting (green arrow)
everything was fine. What you said about the zero setting and the 10000
setting got me thinking so I poked around and stumbled onto the solution.
Thanks for your efforts. Stan
"Stan" wrote in message
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I am not too sure of what I'm doing but attached are screen shots of the
areas I think you are referring to. I don't see anything that you
described
in the first shot and I tried both settings shown in the bottom screen
shots
but neither worked.
Stan
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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The volume setting ranges from -10000 to 0 with -10000 being off and 0
being
full volume.

Before you insert the background sound you need to make sure your volume
setting is correct. Double click the speaker icon by the clock. For a
MIDI
file it will use the volume control labeled "SW Synth" or something
similar.
It may vary depending on your sound card.

You can check your settings by clicking the Source Tab at the bottom of
the
Compose Message window and looking for this tag BGSOUND balance=0
src="filepath to soundfile" and setting the volume to zero (0).

If not already there, View | Source Edit - Check it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Stan" wrote in message
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Occasionally I send music along in an Oulook Express email and I have
always been successful whether the music be midi, wav, or mp3. All 3
formats have worked but today I cannot include a midi. I can send a wav
or
an mp3. The midis will play if I open them from my hard drive but I
can't
put them into an email. Any ideas?
Stan