HappyGirl wrote on 5/1/2008 4:39 am:
> I have been using OE 6 for a very long time with NO issues.
Err, umm,
You might try asking the question on a non-Mac group...
(Maybe the last part of the name of this group was obscured?)
<microsoft.public.internet.outlookexpress.mac>
Perhaps an OE6 newsgroup, rather than a Mac one?
Such as;
<microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress>
> On New Years
> Eve, I ran defrag on my system (took forever) and it was extremely
fragmented
> so it suggested I run it several times more which I did (about 10 times)
> until it was only slightly fragmented.
>
> That is the only thing I've done to my PC as of late - no new programs,
no
> updates, etc.
No updates? Why? Loads of security updates waiting for you.
> Yesterday a friend sent me an email which had a .jpg attachment. I was
able
> to open the email and the top half of the photo was showing in the body
of
> the message. I tried to scroll down but the scroll bar was locked, I
tried
> to click any of the menu items (File, Edit, etc.) and none of them
worked. I
> tried the Create, Reply etc. buttons and none worked.
Try emptying the cache, and try again.
(A jpg file can be used as a way of delivering nasties, hopefully not in
this case)
> In order to exit the window, I used the 'x' at the top right corner. I
also
> had to use the 'x' to exit the program altogether.
Right click on taskbar for Task Manager...
> I ran a few tests and discovered that if I sent myself a .gif file
> (attachment) no matter how large or how small, it didn't hang OE. If I
sent
> a very small (6 KB) .jpg attachment or a medium sized .jpg attachment,
it
> would hang in the window and I'd have to 'x' out of OE.
> I also noticed that each time I had to use the 'x' to close a window or
the
> OE program, it left the task 'msimn.exe' out there so even though my OE
> windows were closed, the task was still running. After all my testing,
I saw
> 30 instances (yes thirty) of msimn.exe still running!
>
> Ok...fast forward to today about 10 mins ago. I saw someone's thread
asking
> how he could stop the attachment from showing up in the body of his
email and
> the answer was:
>
> "In Windows XP SP2 or Windows
> 2003 SP1, when Tools, Options, Read, Read All Message In Plain Text is
> selected, that also stops the display of images."
That is for your safety, to avoid downloading any nasties.
HTH, &B-) Ian
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