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Thread ID: 38392 2003-10-06 02:50:00 Why won't Outlook accept a *.msg file as an attachment? Billy T (70) Press F1
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180787 2003-10-08 05:49:00 Was the middle of the message just the text then?

Those incredimail mentions in there seem to just be the link on the advert tacked on to the bottom of the email trying to get you to use Incredimail.
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180788 2003-10-08 06:52:00 > If this is the case, it *should* only run when you
> are connected to the web.

Nope, runs OK with no internet connection. The file is fully self-contained for sound, graphics and animation, which is why it is so annoying that it can't be forwarded as an attachment.

Thinking laterally, a simple solution would be to rename it with a different suffix so that Outlook didn't recognise it, but then the recipient would have to change the name so that it would run and it all gets to be too much trouble. Seems strange that it can run in Outlook so there must be an underlying protocol there somewhere.

Just for fun I renamed it as HTM and it opened with the background colour and text present as in the *source* details but the graphics & sound were missing.

I will play with it some more during my *cough* spare time and see what I can winkle out of it.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
180789 2003-10-08 07:11:00 Normally any sane person faced with an unattachable attachment would simply compress the offending object without further adieu. The advantages of this are numerous. PoWa (203)
180790 2003-10-08 07:32:00 Really sounds like it is Flash to me usually ending in a .swf -=JM=- (16)
180791 2003-10-08 09:50:00 Do not take offence Po,but adieu means farewell, you wanted no more ado. Thomas (1820)
180792 2003-10-08 20:18:00 Sometimes these animated *son et lumiere* intrusions are curiously and compellingly approriate for a current event or situation .

On this occasion it is very personal and very very funny, but you have to have been there to appreciate it . There are one or two of my friends who will wet themselves laughing (at my expense :( ) if I can just get it to their inbox .

Suffice to say it has a medical connection . :8}

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
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