I'm running win2000 but applied all allowed patches to no avail.

More ideas please !!!

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"Jim Pickering" wrote:

It sounds like you've been bitten by the bug in MS KB 911567, which is fixed
if you do all the things (including a small registry edit) as indicated in
this article:

A saved .eml file does not open in Compose mode in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q918766

If you are not comfortable working with the registry, there is a registry
file that can fix the problem for you at this site:
http://www.insideoe.com/
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Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
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"Ziggie" wrote in message
...
I've never had a problem opening email.

I got an email from a friend with an attachment with the " .eml " file
ext.
(and assume a file with the .eml ext is just another email) he forwarded
to
me but I can't open it, it just does nothing when right-clicked to Open.
In
the exploror folder file association, the .eml file is selected to open
.eml
with MS internet mail message and so wondered what's going on?

Any ideas??

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"Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use
the
Internet and they won''''''''t bother you for months."