Unable to view .eml in IE6 after instaling a security update

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Harri

I have to read a lot of .eml files daily. The files are
uploaded in IE. I was able to do that directly in IE
without having to download them to the local workstation
and opening them in Outlook Express

which is what I have to do nowadays after installing an IE
security update this summer. I vaguely remember it dealt
with mhtml. At the time of the update installation, I
tested viewing the .eml files with and without the update
and found the update disables viewing the .eml files
inside IE (it puts "mhtml:" in front of the URL in which
an .eml file is stored).

Anybody experiencing the same & know how to correct this
without uninstalling the security update?

Can't give the ID of the security update because there are
so many of them nowadays.
 
I at least made it possible to drag .eml files to IE
by adding a new open action for that file type
with an explicit DDE application of msimn.exe.
I suspect that without this IE doesn't know what
to do with the file.

Something that still works without a similar change
is dragging .eml files (or attachments) to the TechNet
viewer. Perhaps there are other applications which
you could drag this file type to?


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
 
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