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**Doug Kanter**

Thanks, Mike.

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
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Nested messages (*.EML files) is a common problem when messages come from
AOL, WebTV or Netscape. Some mail programs, such as AOL, always do a
Forward as Attachment. Netscape does this by default, but the sender can
do a "Forward Quoted" instead to avoid the problem.

Often the attachment includes "Content-Disposition: inline". Some mail
programs honor this. Unfortunately OE doesn't. With the exception of
images (which is controlled by Tools, Options, Read in OE4 or a registry
setting in OE5), OE will not display attachments Inline. Instead you have
to open each attachment. If a message has been forward 10 times you need
to go down 10 levels of opening attachments.

If they are simple text messages, a quick workaround is to look at the
Message Source (Ctrl-F3).

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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I use OE, and frequently, when AOL victims send me mail with an
attachment, I'll go to open it and find another e-mail within, and have to
open the next attachment...sometimes as many as 4-5 levels. Sort of like
peeling an artichoke. I've heard theories that this is because of the way
OE handles MIME. Any truth to this?