Receiving attachments they come in ".eml" using Outlook Express 6

When someone sends me an attachment any kind (mpeg,jpg,bmp,etc.) other than word or excel. They come with the extension of '.eml'
I've been using netscape and wanted to switch to outlook express 6. Using netscape, I had no problems with anytype of attachments.

I have a windows 2000 pro with ie6, outlook express 6
I've been to start/setting/control panel/folder options/file types and I know that I can specify what to use. BUT don't want to constantly go there everytime.

Is there an easier way..
I'm thinking of going back to netscape....
Help

 

Any file you get with a .eml extension should be an email with the attachment inside of it. If anyone sends you a .jpg file as an attachment, that's exactly what you should receive.

Try the fix Here for teaching your PC what to do with .eml attachments. There is also a brief explanation of what may have gone wrong to cause your problem.

 

I had to reread your problem several times. Are you saying that OE is changing the file type of an attachment that you are receiving? *.eml is usually an indicator of a reply/forwarded email. So your solution is to open an eml file that you know is a jpeg file with a jpeg program?
Before I would do anything to your system, I would send myself an email with an attachment(the problem type). When you receive it, see if it works properly. If so, I would then forward or reply that specific email back to yourself again. OE does have some problems with forwarding attachments.. If I completely misread your problem, post back..
I am leaning towards a forwarding problem, on the senders end, not yours.

BTW, are these emails from aol customers by any chance??

 

Aleekat.

If I forward an email from work to home or get a new one with an attachment it comes with '.eml' extension.
If I click on the paper clip and select save attachment in 'my documents' it will save it with an 'eml' attachment.

No aol emails are involved.

 

You need to choose open instead of save. When the eml attachment opens it'll open in an OE window. If it's a pic you'll be able to see it then. If you look above the message body in this window you'll see a box the has the word "attach" to the left of it ". In this box you should see the name of the attachment(s). Right click on one of them and choose save (or save all if there's more than one). This should get you what you want. OE has always been kind of funky in this respect. For every time the message has been forwarded you have to open an additional window. If the message has been forwarded as an attachment twice, when it gets to you, you have to open the first one as I described above and then in the window that opens double click on the attachment in the "attach" box I spoke of above and choose open. You have to keep doing this until you get to the one you want. This occurs when you choose "forward as attachment ". If you just choose "forward" this shouldn't happen. If you forward a message that has been forwarded a bunch of times you can break the chain (so to speak) by just forwarding the last message in the bunch instead of forwarding the original message. A long time ago I used to be a Netscape user too and this is the one thing that has always really bugged me about OE. I've seen enough complaining about it over the years and would think MS has to. You'd think they'd do something about it. Don't know why they don't. Perhaps it's somehow related to security. If you have questions post back.

 

Newt,

I've tried you're idea with the microsoft solution and that didn't work.

I'd had to tweak the outlook express setting so much this is silly.
thanks for your help..


I'm going back to netscape or eudora..

 

Zander,

I've tried your idea and I'm having trouble. I'm tired of tweaking this email pgm and with what you said if a email is forward 999 times, I'll be there all week to just get the attachments.
That is just wrong.
I'm tired

I'd had to tweak the outlook express setting so much this is silly.
thanks for your help..


I'm going back to netscape or eudora..