If in the message source you can see the encoded attachment but OE
doesn't indicate its presence, then there is likely something screwy
with the message format. Most likely related to the boundary tags for
the multipart/mixed content-type.
For information on this see:
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2045.txt
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2046.txt
The other possibility is that the attachment is named WINMAIL.DAT. This
comes from Outlook97/98/2000+ using RTF format which Outlook express
doesn't understand. In that case you will need a 3rd party program to
access the attachment.
For additional information, see the MS-TNEF WINMAIL.DAT Attachments
section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...de.htm#ms-tnef
--
Mike -
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
"Edzell" wrote in message
...
Apologies, I blame mild dyslexia I meant 'obviate'. I'm heading
towards the
simplest solution, change my mail provider. Goodbye NTL, hello
googlemail.
I'd still like to open some stubborn attachments, so I'm still looking
for
that magic solution nevertheless but thanks anyway
Edzelll
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
I have no idea.
PS: What does "oviate" mean?
Edzell wrote:
Hi and thanks again for the help. I know you'll not like this
suggestion
but will using 'Thunderbird' oviate the Ntlworld/OE conflicts or
does it
work the same way? I can of course just try it, but I'm sure the
swap
over
will not be straight forward?
Thanks again
Edzell
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Get another ISP.
macdoni93 wrote:
Hi,
I have the same problem (have posted earlier). Ntlworld deny
Cloudmark
exists on their systems. Any ideas?
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
You could pester NTLWORLD and note what Michael came up with.
That
said,
can you disable Cloudmark, or is it forced upon you? I would get
rid of
it
if it was up to me. This particular problem is dedicated to
Cluodmark,
but
Outlook Express and spam programs have a long history of not
playing
well
together. I don't know what the headers should look like. That
is among
one of Michael's qualities and not mine.
Also, if you have e-mail scanning enabled in AVG, please do the
following.
It is not a cure for this problem, but e-mail scanning causes
issues of
its
own.
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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"Edzell" wrote in message
news
Hi Bruce
I'm getting there, this solution works.... sometimes..... I can
recover
some
attachments but then get corrupt message text etc, the headers
are
more
confused that your link outlines because AVG scan results
appear in
the
line
too. Am I best to just pester NTLWORLD to do something about
'Cloudmark',
or
would I be onto a loser there?
Thanks for the help so far, can you direct me to something that
will
show
me
what the headers should look like (AVG scans included) or do I
use
have
to
use trial and error from past mails that have worked?
But many thanks for at least identifying the likely source of
the
problem!
Cheers
Edzell
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
See if this archived thread sheds any light on the issue:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d47999cb5f1391
--
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!