"DG" wrote in message
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"DGuess" wrote in message
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"DG" wrote in message
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I have Windows XP Media Center 2005 and Outlook Express 6. A friend,
using Windows 2000 Pro and Outlook 2000, has tried to forward a message
to me twice. I haven't been able to see the attachment either time - even
though the message that I receive shows up as 5341KB in size. He showed
me the message he was forwarding (it is a short video clip) and I noticed
that the attachment was listed in the body of the email so I'm assuming
that has something to do with it. He's sent other video that I've had no
problem with, just this one. Do I have something set at my end that is
preventing me from seeing the attachment? I looked in Options and tried
different security settings but still nothing. Thanks in advance - any
help will be appreciated.



Is the file extension .dat?



No, I think it was .wmv
I will check tomorrow because I told him that if it didn't come through
this time I would have him save the attachment to his hard drive and then
send me a NEW message (instead of forwarding) with the attachment.


What you received, was the extension .dat?

Is he sending Rich Text Format or Plain Text? OE can't read the Rich Text
Format and some attachments will also come in as a .dat file as well as the
message.

Also, is he using Word as the text editor? If so, have him switch to Outlook
as the text editor and send it plain text.