ok. there is a bug in outlook on vista that causes this.
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"Bruin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I think he's using Thunderbird
> But, my brother receives his email fine & when he forwards them to me -
> they're fine.
> My next step is to see have the sender resend me an email and check out
> how
> I receiive it on my oISP online email and on Thunderbird & Windows Mail.
> I've
> got them set to leave messages on the server - so I an compare to outlook.
>
> "Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote:
>
>> are you both using the same version of outlook?
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>> "Bruin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> > When I receive messages from one of my contacts (who I think uses
>> > Thunderbird), the attachments appear as MIME.
>> > I'm running Outlook 2003 on Vista home premium.
>> > This started happening a few months ago - and what's strange is my
>> > brother
>> > receives the same email with attachments intact (also Outlook/Vista)
>> > and
>> > when
>> > he forwards them to me - no problems.
>> > It seems I'm configured to receve only plain text from one specific
>> > contact.
>> > Any suggestions?
>>