outlook express 6 sending jibberish

hello everyone.i am having a problem with my outlook express 6.when i try to forward mail that has pictures to my friends,it wants to send between 60 -150 copies of the message.then when the recipent opens the e-mail,all it has are a bunch of numbers,letters,dots and dashes.i use win xp,and it worked fine for about 3 yrs.i have run a bunch of tests,and even called verizon,but no one knows anything.the verizon guy feels that it has something to do with the html format,and my recipents changed the setting on there computers,which i find hard to believe.so basically,i'm stuck.any ideas?thank you for your help,scott

 

hi pete.thanks for replying.it only seems to happen when forwarding an existing e-mail.i have not sent anything new with pics,so i cannot answer that part of your question.i'm sorry.scott