Thanks Bruce

Sorry, but I didn't make myself clear. The email in question is not being
read by my friend but is being sent to me by her. As far as I can tell, it
is in plain text and contains no HTML. I don't know what she anti virus
program she uses. I do use AVG with email scanning enabled. Only messages
from her show the paper clip when there is no attachment to the message.

I really don't want to turn of my email scanning. Isn't that one of the
purposes of having an AV program?


Thanks again.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Either your friend is reading in Plain Text and the e-mail contains HTML,
or they are using AVG (a good program) and have e-mail scanning enabled.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. 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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Jack Gillis" wrote in message
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A friend's email to me always shows a paper clip even though there is no
attachment to the message. Emails from others don't show a paper clip on
messages without attachments.

Would someone please suggest what might be causing this to happen?

Thank you.