I receive email from a friend who is using MSN.com for an ISP occassionally.
Usually it has an attachment and I have yet to figure out how to open this
attachment. I receive a lot of messages w/attachments from others and have
no problem opening them. I contacted my friend about the emails he sends and
my inability to open them and was told I was the only one complaining about
them. I received one yesterday with the ".email" extension and, once again,
could not open it. It immediately attempted to open in Notepad with out
asking me. When I tried several other programs to open it, I was
unsuccessful as well. This is an example of what I see:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAArwwAAAAAAAAA
EAAA/v///wAAAAD+////AAAAAJUMAACWDAAAlwwAAJgMAACZDAAAmgwAAJsMAACcDAAAnQ wAAJ4M
AACfDAAAoAwAAKEMAACiDAAAowwAAKQMAAClDAAApgwAAKcMAA CoDAAAqQwAAKoMAACrDAAArAwA
AK0MAACuDAAA////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////

What am I doing wrong? How do I correct it?

Thanks!

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

This is a PPS attachment that needs PowerPoint Viewer. If you are using
XP/SP2:

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

If you never had a PowerPoint Viewer:

PowerPoint Viewer 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"Van R" wrote in message
...
I receive email from a friend who is using MSN.com for an ISP
occassionally.
Usually it has an attachment and I have yet to figure out how to open this
attachment. I receive a lot of messages w/attachments from others and
have
no problem opening them. I contacted my friend about the emails he sends
and
my inability to open them and was told I was the only one complaining
about
them. I received one yesterday with the ".email" extension and, once
again,
could not open it. It immediately attempted to open in Notepad with out
asking me. When I tried several other programs to open it, I was
unsuccessful as well. This is an example of what I see:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAArwwAAAAAAAAA
EAAA/v///wAAAAD+////AAAAAJUMAACWDAAAlwwAAJgMAACZDAAAmgwAAJsMAACcDAAAnQ wAAJ4M
AACfDAAAoAwAAKEMAACiDAAAowwAAKQMAAClDAAApgwAAKcMAA CoDAAAqQwAAKoMAACrDAAArAwA
AK0MAACuDAAA////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////

What am I doing wrong? How do I correct it?

Thanks!

Thanks, Bruce
I do have Power Point 2003 on my system, but it does not recognize the file
apparently. I tried changing the extension from ".email" to ".pps" wth the
same results. It may be might eneptness. Do I need to download and install
the Power Point viewer anyway? I did receive a file once before, a couple of
years ago, that I managed to open, but this one is not cooperating. It is
not really that important, just kind of like a bur under my blanket.
Van

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

This is a PPS attachment that needs PowerPoint Viewer. If you are using
XP/SP2:

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

If you never had a PowerPoint Viewer:

PowerPoint Viewer 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"Van R" wrote in message
...
I receive email from a friend who is using MSN.com for an ISP
occassionally.
Usually it has an attachment and I have yet to figure out how to open this
attachment. I receive a lot of messages w/attachments from others and
have
no problem opening them. I contacted my friend about the emails he sends
and
my inability to open them and was told I was the only one complaining
about
them. I received one yesterday with the ".email" extension and, once
again,
could not open it. It immediately attempted to open in Notepad with out
asking me. When I tried several other programs to open it, I was
unsuccessful as well. This is an example of what I see:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAArwwAAAAAAAAA
EAAA/v///wAAAAD+////AAAAAJUMAACWDAAAlwwAAJgMAACZDAAAmgwAAJsMAACcDAAAnQ wAAJ4M
AACfDAAAoAwAAKEMAACiDAAAowwAAKQMAAClDAAApgwAAKcMAA CoDAAAqQwAAKoMAACrDAAArAwA
AK0MAACuDAAA////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////

What am I doing wrong? How do I correct it?

Thanks!

Are you running XP/SP2? Did you see this?

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

If you changed it from email to PPS, that won't work. This should have
helped.

OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Van R" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce
I do have Power Point 2003 on my system, but it does not recognize the
file
apparently. I tried changing the extension from ".email" to ".pps" wth
the
same results. It may be might eneptness. Do I need to download and
install
the Power Point viewer anyway? I did receive a file once before, a couple
of
years ago, that I managed to open, but this one is not cooperating. It is
not really that important, just kind of like a bur under my blanket.
Van

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

This is a PPS attachment that needs PowerPoint Viewer. If you are using
XP/SP2:

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

If you never had a PowerPoint Viewer:

PowerPoint Viewer 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"Van R" wrote in message
...
I receive email from a friend who is using MSN.com for an ISP
occassionally.
Usually it has an attachment and I have yet to figure out how to open
this
attachment. I receive a lot of messages w/attachments from others and
have
no problem opening them. I contacted my friend about the emails he
sends
and
my inability to open them and was told I was the only one complaining
about
them. I received one yesterday with the ".email" extension and, once
again,
could not open it. It immediately attempted to open in Notepad with
out
asking me. When I tried several other programs to open it, I was
unsuccessful as well. This is an example of what I see:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAArwwAAAAAAAAA
EAAA/v///wAAAAD+////AAAAAJUMAACWDAAAlwwAAJgMAACZDAAAmgwAAJsMAACcDAAAnQ wAAJ4M
AACfDAAAoAwAAKEMAACiDAAAowwAAKQMAAClDAAApgwAAKcMAA CoDAAAqQwAAKoMAACrDAAArAwA
AK0MAACuDAAA////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////

What am I doing wrong? How do I correct it?

Thanks!

Bruce and Mike,
Thanks for the input. I apologize for being slow to respond.
I am running Xp Pro. I have followed all of the steps suggested here. I
have decided that maye this thing can't be opened or, I have not the
knowl;edge required to do it. I will forward it to either of you if you want
to play with it. It is clean per Norton. will get the
word to me. The file as I have it is 3 MB. Thanks for all of your assistance.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Are you running XP/SP2? Did you see this?

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

If you changed it from email to PPS, that won't work. This should have
helped.

OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Van R" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce
I do have Power Point 2003 on my system, but it does not recognize the
file
apparently. I tried changing the extension from ".email" to ".pps" wth
the
same results. It may be might eneptness. Do I need to download and
install
the Power Point viewer anyway? I did receive a file once before, a couple
of
years ago, that I managed to open, but this one is not cooperating. It is
not really that important, just kind of like a bur under my blanket.
Van

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

This is a PPS attachment that needs PowerPoint Viewer. If you are using
XP/SP2:

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

If you never had a PowerPoint Viewer:

PowerPoint Viewer 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"Van R" wrote in message
...
I receive email from a friend who is using MSN.com for an ISP
occassionally.
Usually it has an attachment and I have yet to figure out how to open
this
attachment. I receive a lot of messages w/attachments from others and
have
no problem opening them. I contacted my friend about the emails he
sends
and
my inability to open them and was told I was the only one complaining
about
them. I received one yesterday with the ".email" extension and, once
again,
could not open it. It immediately attempted to open in Notepad with
out
asking me. When I tried several other programs to open it, I was
unsuccessful as well. This is an example of what I see:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAArwwAAAAAAAAA
EAAA/v///wAAAAD+////AAAAAJUMAACWDAAAlwwAAJgMAACZDAAAmgwAAJsMAACcDAAAnQ wAAJ4M
AACfDAAAoAwAAKEMAACiDAAAowwAAKQMAAClDAAApgwAAKcMAA CoDAAAqQwAAKoMAACrDAAArAwA
AK0MAACuDAAA////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////

What am I doing wrong? How do I correct it?

Thanks!

I'll give it a shot. If you have the original, that would be the best.

Southbay IB @ cox.net
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Van R" wrote in message
...
Bruce and Mike,
Thanks for the input. I apologize for being slow to respond.
I am running Xp Pro. I have followed all of the steps suggested here. I
have decided that maye this thing can't be opened or, I have not the
knowl;edge required to do it. I will forward it to either of you if you
want
to play with it. It is clean per Norton. will get
the
word to me. The file as I have it is 3 MB. Thanks for all of your
assistance.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Are you running XP/SP2? Did you see this?

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

If you changed it from email to PPS, that won't work. This should have
helped.

OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Van R" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce
I do have Power Point 2003 on my system, but it does not recognize the
file
apparently. I tried changing the extension from ".email" to ".pps" wth
the
same results. It may be might eneptness. Do I need to download and
install
the Power Point viewer anyway? I did receive a file once before, a
couple
of
years ago, that I managed to open, but this one is not cooperating. It
is
not really that important, just kind of like a bur under my blanket.
Van

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

This is a PPS attachment that needs PowerPoint Viewer. If you are
using
XP/SP2:

There is a conflict with PPS and XP/SP2. See this link for a fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm

If you never had a PowerPoint Viewer:

PowerPoint Viewer 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"Van R" wrote in message
...
I receive email from a friend who is using MSN.com for an ISP
occassionally.
Usually it has an attachment and I have yet to figure out how to
open
this
attachment. I receive a lot of messages w/attachments from others
and
have
no problem opening them. I contacted my friend about the emails he
sends
and
my inability to open them and was told I was the only one
complaining
about
them. I received one yesterday with the ".email" extension and, once
again,
could not open it. It immediately attempted to open in Notepad with
out
asking me. When I tried several other programs to open it, I was
unsuccessful as well. This is an example of what I see:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAArwwAAAAAAAAA
EAAA/v///wAAAAD+////AAAAAJUMAACWDAAAlwwAAJgMAACZDAAAmgwAAJsMAACcDAAAnQ wAAJ4M
AACfDAAAoAwAAKEMAACiDAAAowwAAKQMAAClDAAApgwAAKcMAA CoDAAAqQwAAKoMAACrDAAArAwA
AK0MAACuDAAA////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////

What am I doing wrong? How do I correct it?

Thanks!

"Van R" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce
I do have Power Point 2003 on my system, but it does not recognize the
file
apparently. I tried changing the extension from ".email" to ".pps" wth
the
same results. It may be might eneptness. Do I need to download and
install
the Power Point viewer anyway? I did receive a file once before, a couple
of
years ago, that I managed to open, but this one is not cooperating. It is
not really that important, just kind of like a bur under my blanket.
Van


I think we've missed the point. Save the message and change the extension to
..eml and clicking on it should open it in OE. It should then look like any
other email with a .pps attachment.

Alternatively you can right click it with the original .email extension and
when the open with / choose program box pops up choose MSIMN.EXE and check
the "Always open with" box.... in future OE will then open them normally.
You can search for MSIMN.EXE to find out where it lives.

Charlie

Charlie,
Thanks for your post. I tried changing the file extension and also tried to
use MSIMN.exe. I actually view this as a learning experience, althought I
never mananged to open it. I also could not attach it in any form or fashion
and send it to Bruce, although I tried for several hours. I am saddled with
dial-up(28.8) and have to use server mail for files over about 900 kb. This
one is nearly 3 MB and it would not attach and go. Final solution was to
delete it and forget it. I truly think that it is a corrupt file. Than you
for your response,
Van Randolph





Charlie Tame" wrote:


"Van R" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce
I do have Power Point 2003 on my system, but it does not recognize the
file
apparently. I tried changing the extension from ".email" to ".pps" wth
the
same results. It may be might eneptness. Do I need to download and
install
the Power Point viewer anyway? I did receive a file once before, a couple
of
years ago, that I managed to open, but this one is not cooperating. It is
not really that important, just kind of like a bur under my blanket.
Van


I think we've missed the point. Save the message and change the extension to
..eml and clicking on it should open it in OE. It should then look like any
other email with a .pps attachment.

Alternatively you can right click it with the original .email extension and
when the open with / choose program box pops up choose MSIMN.EXE and check
the "Always open with" box.... in future OE will then open them normally.
You can search for MSIMN.EXE to find out where it lives.

Charlie

Well I have no trouble with the occasional .email messages that I get and
someone else I think posted the alternative instructions for making the
association with OE so maybe it was a bad file. By the way the odd name of
the OE executable comes from MicroSoft Internet Mail and News



"Van R" wrote in message
...
Charlie,
Thanks for your post. I tried changing the file extension and also tried
to
use MSIMN.exe. I actually view this as a learning experience, althought I
never mananged to open it. I also could not attach it in any form or
fashion
and send it to Bruce, although I tried for several hours. I am saddled
with
dial-up(28.8) and have to use server mail for files over about 900 kb.
This
one is nearly 3 MB and it would not attach and go. Final solution was to
delete it and forget it. I truly think that it is a corrupt file. Than
you
for your response,
Van Randolph





Charlie Tame" wrote:


"Van R" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce
I do have Power Point 2003 on my system, but it does not recognize the
file
apparently. I tried changing the extension from ".email" to ".pps" wth
the
same results. It may be might eneptness. Do I need to download and
install
the Power Point viewer anyway? I did receive a file once before, a
couple
of
years ago, that I managed to open, but this one is not cooperating. It
is
not really that important, just kind of like a bur under my blanket.
Van


I think we've missed the point. Save the message and change the extension
to
..eml and clicking on it should open it in OE. It should then look like
any
other email with a .pps attachment.

Alternatively you can right click it with the original .email extension
and
when the open with / choose program box pops up choose MSIMN.EXE and
check
the "Always open with" box.... in future OE will then open them normally.
You can search for MSIMN.EXE to find out where it lives.

Charlie

You have 2 issues going on.

A .email (or .ema) or .ezm file is an alternate file extension for an
..EML file. One option is to save the attachment, then rename with an
..EML file name.

Or you can create a file association for .email, .ema or .ezm files.

You can get to File Associations via:
- My Computer
- View (Win95/98/NT4/Me) or Tools (Win2000 or WinXP) menu
- Folder Options (or Options)
- File Types
- New Type
- New
- Action: OPEN

The application used needs to be:
"C:\PROGRAM FILES\OUTLOOK EXPRESS\MSIMN.EXE" /eml:%1

Content Type (MIME) should be:
message/rfc822

The .email is actually a forwarded message. Once you fix that issue
you'll be able to the .email attachment. When you do that you'll have a
message with a PPS attachment from your example. See Bruce's message
for how to fix the issue with the PPS attachment.


--

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


"Van R" wrote in message
...
I receive email from a friend who is using MSN.com for an ISP
occassionally.
Usually it has an attachment and I have yet to figure out how to open
this
attachment. I receive a lot of messages w/attachments from others and
have
no problem opening them. I contacted my friend about the emails he
sends and
my inability to open them and was told I was the only one complaining
about
them. I received one yesterday with the ".email" extension and, once
again,
could not open it. It immediately attempted to open in Notepad with
out
asking me. When I tried several other programs to open it, I was
unsuccessful as well. This is an example of what I see:

Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="z_ppt_Pamukkale_mhr.pps"

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAArwwAAAAAAAAA
EAAA/v///wAAAAD+////AAAAAJUMAACWDAAAlwwAAJgMAACZDAAAmgwAAJsMAACcDAAAnQ wAAJ4M
AACfDAAAoAwAAKEMAACiDAAAowwAAKQMAAClDAAApgwAAKcMAA CoDAAAqQwAAKoMAACrDAAArAwA
AK0MAACuDAAA////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////

What am I doing wrong? How do I correct it?

Thanks!