"InOverMyHead" wrote in message ...
In OE6 I cannot open a pdf attachment. I have Adobe Reader 9 and it opens
the attachment after I save it and exit OE. Reader also opens pdf files
using Internet Explorer. But in OE6 it just reports: Unknown file type - Use
Folder options to make association.

Actually, the association is already included in the filetype options - for
pdf files, use Adobe Reader9. So why won't OE recognize this association?


Check the headers. Is it MIME? Perhaps the Content-Type is
overriding the file type extension. E.g. in the same way that
by default of Security settings IE opens files after "MIME sniffing"
not just by extension. You could use ProcMon to see what is
really going on.

BTW instead of saving the attachment can you just drag it to
an already opened AR window?



Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bob


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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