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

What program are you using to read these incoming messages? If Outlook
Express does not display graphics, it might suggest that you have the option
set to "Read all in Plain Text" or may be blocking external images. Check
your options on OE menu, Tools/Option for the Read and Security tabs.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"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

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

--

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

Thanks, Jim. I looked to see if I had the option set to "Read all in Plain
Text" and it was not checked. Under the Security tab, I have checked "Do
not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a
virus." Could this be the problem? Should I uncheck it? I have tried
displaying the picture in the attachment with Image Preview, Viewer,
Imaging, Picture Viewer Application and other programs but none have worked.
If you have any other suggestions, I would be most appreciative.

Thanks,
Al

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
What program are you using to read these incoming messages? If Outlook
Express does not display graphics, it might suggest that you have the
option
set to "Read all in Plain Text" or may be blocking external images.
Check
your options on OE menu, Tools/Option for the Read and Security tabs.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"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

I'm using Windows ME, not XP. I assume the references you gave me using
OLEXP pertain to Windows XP. I reviewed the material and it didn't fix my
problem. I'm using OE version 6.00.2800.1123 and is there any way to
confirm that it supports MIME?

Do you happen to have any other suggestions that I can try?

Thanks,
Al

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
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

--

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

On the Security tab, are you perhaps blocking the download of images? Not
all images are "embedded" or attached to the message, but may be "streamed"
from a website. In those cases, blocking would prevent you seeing them. If
you are just seeing "red x's" see if the info at this link helps:
Red X:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm

Or, as Mike suggested, it could be "mangled" HTML coding in the message.
Without seeing the message itself, it's hard to know for sure.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"Al" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Jim. I looked to see if I had the option set to "Read all in
Plain
Text" and it was not checked. Under the Security tab, I have checked "Do
not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a
virus." Could this be the problem? Should I uncheck it? I have tried
displaying the picture in the attachment with Image Preview, Viewer,
Imaging, Picture Viewer Application and other programs but none have
worked.
If you have any other suggestions, I would be most appreciative.

Thanks,
Al

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
What program are you using to read these incoming messages? If Outlook
Express does not display graphics, it might suggest that you have the
option
set to "Read all in Plain Text" or may be blocking external images.
Check
your options on OE menu, Tools/Option for the Read and Security tabs.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"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

"Al" wrote in message
...
I'm using Windows ME, not XP. I assume the references you gave me using
OLEXP pertain to Windows XP. I reviewed the material and it didn't fix my
problem. I'm using OE version 6.00.2800.1123 and is there any way to
confirm that it supports MIME?


The only reference he gave that is not pertinent to WinMe is the one where
he specifically said "If using XP SP2 ...".

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Please reply in newsgroup. Do NOT send email.

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"Al" schreef in bericht
...
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