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Thread ID: 28405 2002-12-18 09:24:00 Recombining split email attachments tbacon_nz (865) Press F1
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107336 2002-12-18 09:24:00 I have received an e-mail from a friend that he sent as one message with a jpg attachment. It has arrived in my Outlook 2000 inbox split in to 5 parts, labelled 1/5 2/5 etc.

- How/why did this happen?

- How do I recombine the e-mails so I can see the attachment?

I don't know what e-mail program the sender is using.

TIA
tbacon_nz (865)
107337 2002-12-18 10:15:00 This is done in Tools/Accounts/Properties/Advanced
Break apart messages larger than xx kb

Outlook will normally combine split files automatically, you will see in the header the number of parts to the message but the message should be complete again

If it does not recombine automatically select Message/Combine and decode
Jim B (153)
107338 2002-12-18 17:22:00 I can't find combine and decode anywhere! This is Outlook 2000. tbacon_nz (865)
107339 2002-12-18 19:07:00 "Combine and Decode" is an OE feature - I don't think Outlook has the ability to recombine.

Try saving the attachments then go to a dos box and use the command:

Copy /B attach1.xxx attach2.xxx attach3.xxx combined.xxx

where you substitute the filenames as necessary for the files you have saved. The last filename on the command line is the destination file.
wuppo (41)
107340 2002-12-18 19:14:00 That should read

copy /b attach1.xxx + attach2.xxx + attach3.xxx combined.xxx

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wuppo (41)
107341 2002-12-19 01:52:00 Thanks for the advice - in the end I got the sender to retransmit and resend them with Outlook Express, which combined them with no problem. tbacon_nz (865)
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