Says attachment, but no attachment

I have been receiving emails from friends of mine that says there is an
attachment, but there isn't any attachment.

I've asked them to resend and still nothing. I have cleared the "dangerous
email thing" box and still nothing.

I used to get attachments, but now I am not. Please help!!! I can't figure
this one out.

Hi akramm,

Do you have the attachment (say a picture) visible in E-mail or not and
still showing attachment?

Check this link out to see if it helps you: (It's for OE, but still
applies)

'_http://www.quarella.co.uk/email/attachments.html_'
(http://www.quarella.co.uk/email/attachments.html)

Hope this helps you,
Shawn


--
brink

"Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
Vista 64 Home Premium
1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.
And email just says there is an attachment in the body, but no attachment is
showing with a paper clip.

I can c&p one to show you if it would help.

akramm

"brink" wrote:

>
> Hi akramm,
>
> Do you have the attachment (say a picture) visible in E-mail or not and
> still showing attachment?
>
> Check this link out to see if it helps you: (It's for OE, but still
> applies)
>
> '_http://www.quarella.co.uk/email/attachments.html_'
> (http://www.quarella.co.uk/email/attachments.html)
>
> Hope this helps you,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> "Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
> Vista 64 Home Premium
> 1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM
>

I checked out the link and then changed the the setting to read in plain
text. I'll see if that helps and let you know.
thx again for the help and i think Vista has a lot of bugs that need to be
addressed yet.

akramm

"brink" wrote:

>
> Hi akramm,
>
> Do you have the attachment (say a picture) visible in E-mail or not and
> still showing attachment?
>
> Check this link out to see if it helps you: (It's for OE, but still
> applies)
>
> '_http://www.quarella.co.uk/email/attachments.html_'
> (http://www.quarella.co.uk/email/attachments.html)
>
> Hope this helps you,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> "Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
> Vista 64 Home Premium
> 1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM
>

Ok, nothing has helped at all. If I go the my main server page and check the
email I can see the attachments. They show up in the file size column, but
even in plain text I can't view them.

Anymore suggestions???



"brink" wrote:

>
> Hi akramm,
>
> Do you have the attachment (say a picture) visible in E-mail or not and
> still showing attachment?
>
> Check this link out to see if it helps you: (It's for OE, but still
> applies)
>
> '_http://www.quarella.co.uk/email/attachments.html_'
> (http://www.quarella.co.uk/email/attachments.html)
>
> Hope this helps you,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> "Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
> Vista 64 Home Premium
> 1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM
>

akramm;312371 Wrote:
> Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.
> And email just says there is an attachment in the body, but no
> attachment is
> showing with a paper clip.
>
> I can c&p one to show you if it would help.
>
> akramm
>

OK,

Should have it set for HTML not plain text. Yes, copy one here. Maybe
I will see something that might help. Do you see anything in the E-mail
body that could be the attachment? Are you able to click on *File*
(Toolbar menu) and click on *Save Attachments *when you have the E-mail
containing attachments highlighted?

Double check this to be sure:
1. click on Tools
2. click on Options
3. click on Security tab
4. only* Internet Zone *& *Warn me when other applications....* should
be checked.
5. OK to apply

Shawn


--
brink

"Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
Vista 64 Home Premium
1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM

I checked the tools thing and it is set the way you said. I also tried the
file, save attachment and it's not highlighted, so no being able to save it
and open it another way.

Here is a copy of the email for you to look at:



Note: forwarded message attached.
Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car
Finder tool.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48518/*ht...FyLWZpbmRlcg--
hot CTA = Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool


See it says message attached and there is no paper clip to open it with.

I was looking around the forum last night and ran across something that
started making me think. Could these emails be in RTF and thats why I can't
open the attachment? I know win. mail doesn't handle RTF, so I was just
wondering.

akramm

"brink" wrote:

>
> akramm;312371 Wrote:
> > Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.
> > And email just says there is an attachment in the body, but no
> > attachment is
> > showing with a paper clip.
> >
> > I can c&p one to show you if it would help.
> >
> > akramm
> >
>
> OK,
>
> Should have it set for HTML not plain text. Yes, copy one here. Maybe
> I will see something that might help. Do you see anything in the E-mail
> body that could be the attachment? Are you able to click on *File*
> (Toolbar menu) and click on *Save Attachments *when you have the E-mail
> containing attachments highlighted?
>
> Double check this to be sure:
> 1. click on Tools
> 2. click on Options
> 3. click on Security tab
> 4. only* Internet Zone *& *Warn me when other applications....* should
> be checked.
> 5. OK to apply
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> "Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
> Vista 64 Home Premium
> 1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM
>

"akramm" <akramm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CA9F9233-A039-4B90-947F-0501DA69F15D@microsoft.com...
>I checked the tools thing and it is set the way you said. I also tried the
> file, save attachment and it's not highlighted, so no being able to save
> it
> and open it another way.
>
> Here is a copy of the email for you to look at:
>
>
>
> Note: forwarded message attached.
> Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car
> Finder tool.
> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48518/*ht...yLWZpbmRlcghot
> CTA = Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool
>
>
> See it says message attached and there is no paper clip to open it with.
>
> I was looking around the forum last night and ran across something that
> started making me think. Could these emails be in RTF and thats why I
> can't
> open the attachment? I know win. mail doesn't handle RTF, so I was just
> wondering.
>
> akramm

That message seems to me to have never had an attachment, the sender is
probably pasting a forwarded message and calling it an attachment?
They are sending you a link to the car finder tool,
http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/;_y...inde r%20tool

akramm;313410 Wrote:
> I checked the tools thing and it is set the way you said. I also tried
> the
> file, save attachment and it's not highlighted, so no being able to
> save it
> and open it another way.
>
> Here is a copy of the email for you to look at:
>
>
>
> Note: forwarded message attached.
> Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new
> Car
> Finder tool.
> 'Car Finder - Yahoo! Autos' (http://tinyurl.com/24nq6v)
> hot CTA = Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool
>
>
> See it says message attached and there is no paper clip to open it
> with.
>
> I was looking around the forum last night and ran across something that
> started making me think. Could these emails be in RTF and thats why I
> can't
> open the attachment? I know win. mail doesn't handle RTF, so I was just
> wondering.
>
> akramm
>
>

Ok,

I agree with Mac. I don't see an attachment, only a link to a website.
That's probaly why you see the message attached in e-mail. The
attachment is the website your seeing. Instead of your friend pasting a
link in the e-mail, they attached a forwarded website. Everythings ok.
Test your attachment issue by having your friend send a .bmp or .jpg
picture file as an attachment. Then see if you get the paperclip.

If your friend is using XP or older and is using the RTF format, then
you may have a issue of not seeing the attachment in the e-mail itself
since Windows Mail doesn't support it. However, you should still see
the paperclip and be able to save and open it in another program (EX:
WordPad).

Hope this helps,
Shawn


--
brink

"Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
Vista 64 Home Premium
1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM

"akramm" <akramm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BB821639-2A0A-4756-A946-403E3A9EE76B@microsoft.com...
>I have been receiving emails from friends of mine that says there is an
> attachment, but there isn't any attachment.
>
> I've asked them to resend and still nothing. I have cleared the
> "dangerous
> email thing" box and still nothing.
>
> I used to get attachments, but now I am not. Please help!!! I can't
> figure
> this one out.

Ask the sender if they are using Outlook (not Outlook Express) from
Microsoft Office. If so, ask them to please send using plain text. If the
mail was sent from Outlook using Outlook's RTF format then Windows Mail will
never find the attachment. Outlook Express does not understand Outlook's
RTF format. Ask the Outlook user to please use Plain Text, especially when
sending attachments.

They mignt be sending through an Exchange server set to change messages to
RTF.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.