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Hi all,

I recently bought a new PC which has Windows Media XP (SP2) installed.

My old PC had XP Home (SP1) -- had upgraded to OE6.

Now, every time I get email with HTML (I think that's the cause), I get the
"paper clip" attachment flag. Yet there's no attachment (nor should there be)!

This didn't happen on my old PC - so not sure if there's a setting in SP2 to
cause this or in OE6? Or is this a new thing with OE6/SP2?

I turned off the "prevent images from being downloaded".

Thanks for any help.

--
atd1999

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If the message contains any HTML and you are reading in Plain Text, you will
see the paper clip.

Also, if you are using AVG for your anti-virus and have e-mail scanning
enabled, that can cause the issue as well. Normally, I would just say to
turn off the e-mail scanning feature. It is a redundant layer of protection
that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and
account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to
protect you sufficiently. However, with AVG you need to remove and
reinstall AVG and choose Custom Mode. Uncheck E-mail Scanning when you see
that option. For some reason, just unchecking it in the security center
causes a conflict with the Windows Security Center.

See:
http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/re...?3,76131,76141
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"atd1999" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I recently bought a new PC which has Windows Media XP (SP2) installed.

My old PC had XP Home (SP1) -- had upgraded to OE6.

Now, every time I get email with HTML (I think that's the cause), I get
the "paper clip" attachment flag. Yet there's no attachment (nor should
there be)!

This didn't happen on my old PC - so not sure if there's a setting in SP2
to cause this or in OE6? Or is this a new thing with OE6/SP2?

I turned off the "prevent images from being downloaded".

Thanks for any help.

--
atd1999

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Hi all,

I recently bought a new PC which has Windows Media XP (SP2) installed.

My old PC had XP Home (SP1) -- had upgraded to OE6.

Now, every time I get email with HTML (I think that's the cause), I get
the "paper clip" attachment flag. Yet there's no attachment (nor should
there be)!

This didn't happen on my old PC - so not sure if there's a setting in SP2
to cause this or in OE6? Or is this a new thing with OE6/SP2?

I turned off the "prevent images from being downloaded".

Thanks for any help.

--
atd1999

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"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If the message contains any HTML and you are reading in Plain Text, you will
see the paper clip.

Also, if you are using AVG for your anti-virus and have e-mail scanning
enabled, that can cause the issue as well. Normally, I would just say to
turn off the e-mail scanning feature. It is a redundant layer of protection
that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and
account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to
protect you sufficiently. However, with AVG you need to remove and reinstall
AVG and choose Custom Mode. Uncheck E-mail Scanning when you see that
option. For some reason, just unchecking it in the security center causes a
conflict with the Windows Security Center.

See:
http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/re...?3,76131,76141
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"atd1999" wrote in message
news:OEd3h.275$244.65@trnddc01...
Hi all,

I recently bought a new PC which has Windows Media XP (SP2) installed.

My old PC had XP Home (SP1) -- had upgraded to OE6.

Now, every time I get email with HTML (I think that's the cause), I get the
"paper clip" attachment flag. Yet there's no attachment (nor should there
be)!

This didn't happen on my old PC - so not sure if there's a setting in SP2
to cause this or in OE6? Or is this a new thing with OE6/SP2?

I turned off the "prevent images from being downloaded".

Thanks for any help.

--
atd1999


Bruce:

Thanks for the quick reply.

Looks like that worked.-- I do use AVG and have turned off virus
certification. I must have turned it off on the other machine at some point.

atd1999

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You're welcome. I use AVG as well.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"atd1999" wrote in message
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"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If the message contains any HTML and you are reading in Plain Text, you
will see the paper clip.

Also, if you are using AVG for your anti-virus and have e-mail scanning
enabled, that can cause the issue as well. Normally, I would just say to
turn off the e-mail scanning feature. It is a redundant layer of
protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. However, with AVG you need to
remove and reinstall AVG and choose Custom Mode. Uncheck E-mail Scanning
when you see that option. For some reason, just unchecking it in the
security center causes a conflict with the Windows Security Center.

See:
http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/re...?3,76131,76141
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"atd1999" wrote in message
news:OEd3h.275$244.65@trnddc01...
Hi all,

I recently bought a new PC which has Windows Media XP (SP2) installed.

My old PC had XP Home (SP1) -- had upgraded to OE6.

Now, every time I get email with HTML (I think that's the cause), I get
the "paper clip" attachment flag. Yet there's no attachment (nor should
there be)!

This didn't happen on my old PC - so not sure if there's a setting in
SP2 to cause this or in OE6? Or is this a new thing with OE6/SP2?

I turned off the "prevent images from being downloaded".

Thanks for any help.

--
atd1999


Bruce:

Thanks for the quick reply.

Looks like that worked.-- I do use AVG and have turned off virus
certification. I must have turned it off on the other machine at some
point.

atd1999