That the attachment file name is grayed out means that OE considers the
file a potential virus carrier. and has blocked it.

You appear to have OE6 SP1 installed.

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

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


"david bazley" wrote in message
...
Small problem with opening attached files on OE6. Every kind of
attachment
opens fine except TIF files that are greyed out. Yet I think I have my
extensions against file types set correctly because when I double
click any
Tif file residing on my hard disk the selected programme (in this case
Corel
PhotoPaint) opens immediately displaying that TIF image.

Yet when I take that same TIF file and send an email back to myself,
via my
local server, it is greyed out and cannot open. So I have to admit
defeat.
Can anyone come to my rescue please?



Baz