See if this archived thread sheds any light on the issue:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d47999cb5f1391
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Edzell" wrote in message
...
In the last few days (and there are posts on other sites so I'm not alone
http://help.wugnet.com/windows2/Atta...ict493907.html)
Outlook Express will download mails with 100k-ish attachments but though
larger attachments of any file type will download to OE (the mail size
shows
it has the attachment) no paperclip appears and I can't access the
attachment
in any way. This applies to mails from any external sender (hotmail,
gmail,
etc). Bizzarely I can forward a mail with a large attachment to myself
(via
my ntlworld account) and open it as normal (the paper clip is present).
Hours of doing everything recommended with security settings and virus
scanners, compacting etc has no effect on this problem. Help!