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Old March 31st 06, 01:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
mike1707
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when i try to open a forwarded attachment that has been sent from several
diffrent people to people and then to my mail box i have to open it in window
after window until i get back to original sender..... is this caused by ole6
or virus blocker or somthing else??? how would i fix this???

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Old March 31st 06, 02:02 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Jim Pickering
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You can't "fix" it because it is caused by the way AOL forwards mail.

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 OE5/6), 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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when i try to open a forwarded attachment that has been sent from several
diffrent people to people and then to my mail box i have to open it in
window
after window until i get back to original sender..... is this caused by
ole6
or virus blocker or somthing else??? how would i fix this???


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Old March 31st 06, 02:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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"mike1707" wrote in message
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when i try to open a forwarded attachment that has been sent from several
diffrent people to people and then to my mail box i have to open it in
window
after window until i get back to original sender..... is this caused by
ole6
or virus blocker or somthing else??? how would i fix this???


Usually caused by AO-HELL. Ignore attachments that you can't safely/easily
access to save to disc, and then scan with your AV software, prior to
opening, they are usually rubbish anyway IMHO?

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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]


 




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