Outlook Express does support MIME automatically.

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 (no images/attachments), a quick
workaround is to look at the Message Source (Ctrl-F3).

If after going down all the levels, pictures still aren't visible, the
problem could be either on the sender's end or your end.

- Red X instead of picture
http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm
- Images are blocked when you open an e-mail message in Outlook Express
SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=843018
- If using XP SP2 and Tools, Options, Read, Read All Message In Plain
Text is selected, then attached images are not automatically displayed
at the bottom of the message. For a quick workaround for the current
message, press ALT+Shift+H
- OLEXP: Image May Not Appear in Message Sent with Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=171908
- OLEXP: Images in E-Mail Messages Are Missing After You Apply
Stationery
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256974
- OLEXP: Image May Not Appear in Message Received with Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186
- Some types of images don't display
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#nopreview
- Hotbar can cause image problems
http://www.thundercloud.net/help/hotbar-is-spyware.htm
- There's a bug in a recent update to OE where if an HTML message uses
the same image multiple time, only the first occurrence will display.
This is a problem on the sender's end where OE generates bad HTML links.
- Another possible cause of problems is a corrupted cache. Try clearing
it.
IE5+: Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Delete
Files
Temporary Internet Files Use More Disk Space Than Specified
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=301057

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


"Al" wrote in message
...
I'm using Outlook Express with Windows ME, Mozilla Firefox, and have
AT&T
DSL service. I am using a Gateway computer that is about six years
old.
Whenever someone forwards me an attachment in an e-mail and it
contains a
picture in MIME format, I am never able to display the picture. Is
there
any way that I can read MIME formatted files with Outlook Express 6.0?

I would appreciate it if anyone can provide any information that would
help
me solve this problem.

Thanks,
Al