All email showing up as attachments

Every one of my new or saved emails is showing up as an attachment? The To,
From, Subject and date are correct.

They are all displayed correctly when I open the attachment.

They all have this format: ATT0000XX.htm (XX.X KB)

Please do not start a new thread for an existing issue. Thank you.

Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Read all messages in plain text.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
news:0F2CB9E4-DE46-42B5-8EC3-...
> Every one of my new or saved emails is showing up as an attachment? The
> To,
> From, Subject and date are correct.
>
> They are all displayed correctly when I open the attachment.
>
> They all have this format: ATT0000XX.htm (XX.X KB)

Read all messages in plain text was not checked.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> Please do not start a new thread for an existing issue. Thank you.
>
> Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Read all messages in plain text.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP [Mail]
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
> news:0F2CB9E4-DE46-42B5-8EC3-...
> > Every one of my new or saved emails is showing up as an attachment? The
> > To,
> > From, Subject and date are correct.
> >
> > They are all displayed correctly when I open the attachment.
> >
> > They all have this format: ATT0000XX.htm (XX.X KB)
>
> .
>

This should apply to WinMail as well.

Outlook Express message appears blank and has an ATT000XX.txt or an
ATT000XX.htm attachment:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312351

And from:
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm

Besides the problem described in this article with temporary files,
Outlook Express may have a blank message if Internet Explorer is set at
View, Encoding to Auto-Select. If so, disable the Auto-Select in Internet
Explorer and choose instead Western European (ISO). If your program has an
option to read HTML messages in Plain Text, the HTML version of the
message may appear as an ATT0001.HTM attachment (the number may vary).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
news:E01F2EA7-F012-41C2-897E-...
> Read all messages in plain text was not checked.
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> Please do not start a new thread for an existing issue. Thank you.
>>
>> Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Read all messages in plain text.
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>>
>> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
>> news:0F2CB9E4-DE46-42B5-8EC3-...
>> > Every one of my new or saved emails is showing up as an attachment?
>> > The
>> > To,
>> > From, Subject and date are correct.
>> >
>> > They are all displayed correctly when I open the attachment.
>> >
>> > They all have this format: ATT0000XX.htm (XX.X KB)
>>
>> .
>>

Bruce, thanks for your help. I accomplished the following:

1) I cleared the TEMP and TEMPORARY INTERNET folders.

2) I set the encoding to Western (ISO) in Internet Explorer.

3) I made sure that "Read All Messages In Plain Text" is NOT checked.

I still have the problem. It must be related to Winmail or Vista on my PC
since not only do the Inbox emails I receive show as attachments but, every
saved email (Some years old) in ALL my folders also show as attachments when
I try to open them. I cannot find any option in Winmail that might cause
this other than the one I made sure was unchecked.

I also did the following:

1) I just setup an old PC running Windows XP and Outlook Express on my
network. I used it to pull my email and it all looked good. Came in clean
and not as attachments.

2) I installed Windows Live Mail on my Vista machine, pulled my mail and
guess what, they are all attachments.

This must be a VISTA problem with Winmail and WinLiveMail and maybe other
email programs? Any ideas where to go next?
__________________________________________________ _______________
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> This should apply to WinMail as well.
>
> Outlook Express message appears blank and has an ATT000XX.txt or an
> ATT000XX.htm attachment:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312351
>
> And from:
> http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
>
> Besides the problem described in this article with temporary files,
> Outlook Express may have a blank message if Internet Explorer is set at
> View, Encoding to Auto-Select. If so, disable the Auto-Select in Internet
> Explorer and choose instead Western European (ISO). If your program has an
> option to read HTML messages in Plain Text, the HTML version of the
> message may appear as an ATT0001.HTM attachment (the number may vary).
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP [Mail]
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
> news:E01F2EA7-F012-41C2-897E-...
> > Read all messages in plain text was not checked.
> >
> > "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
> >
> >> Please do not start a new thread for an existing issue. Thank you.
> >>
> >> Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Read all messages in plain text.
> >> --
> >> Bruce Hagen
> >> MS-MVP [Mail]
> >> Imperial Beach, CA
> >>
> >>
> >> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
> >> news:0F2CB9E4-DE46-42B5-8EC3-...
> >> > Every one of my new or saved emails is showing up as an attachment?
> >> > The
> >> > To,
> >> > From, Subject and date are correct.
> >> >
> >> > They are all displayed correctly when I open the attachment.
> >> >
> >> > They all have this format: ATT0000XX.htm (XX.X KB)
> >>
> >> .
> >>
>
> .
>

I am running out of thoughts.

You do have the Preview Pane enabled? What anti-virus program are you
running?

Damn. If it were Outlook Express, I would just tell you to create a new
identity, but that doesn't cut it in WinMail.

If you haven't rebooted yet, do so now.

You could try removing the account, rebooting and adding it back. This is
a POP3 account, right?

Download and run this tool as well.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.40
http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes...-10804572.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
news:4D81039D-D37B-4B9E-B5B1-...
> Bruce, thanks for your help. I accomplished the following:
>
> 1) I cleared the TEMP and TEMPORARY INTERNET folders.
>
> 2) I set the encoding to Western (ISO) in Internet Explorer.
>
> 3) I made sure that "Read All Messages In Plain Text" is NOT checked.
>
> I still have the problem. It must be related to Winmail or Vista on my
> PC
> since not only do the Inbox emails I receive show as attachments but,
> every
> saved email (Some years old) in ALL my folders also show as attachments
> when
> I try to open them. I cannot find any option in Winmail that might
> cause
> this other than the one I made sure was unchecked.
>
> I also did the following:
>
> 1) I just setup an old PC running Windows XP and Outlook Express on my
> network. I used it to pull my email and it all looked good. Came in
> clean
> and not as attachments.
>
> 2) I installed Windows Live Mail on my Vista machine, pulled my mail and
> guess what, they are all attachments.
>
> This must be a VISTA problem with Winmail and WinLiveMail and maybe
> other
> email programs? Any ideas where to go next?
> __________________________________________________ _______________
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> This should apply to WinMail as well.
>>
>> Outlook Express message appears blank and has an ATT000XX.txt or an
>> ATT000XX.htm attachment:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312351
>>
>> And from:
>> http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
>>
>> Besides the problem described in this article with temporary files,
>> Outlook Express may have a blank message if Internet Explorer is set at
>> View, Encoding to Auto-Select. If so, disable the Auto-Select in
>> Internet
>> Explorer and choose instead Western European (ISO). If your program has
>> an
>> option to read HTML messages in Plain Text, the HTML version of the
>> message may appear as an ATT0001.HTM attachment (the number may vary).
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>>
>> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
>> news:E01F2EA7-F012-41C2-897E-...
>> > Read all messages in plain text was not checked.
>> >
>> > "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Please do not start a new thread for an existing issue. Thank you.
>> >>
>> >> Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Read all messages in plain text.
>> >> --
>> >> Bruce Hagen
>> >> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> >> Imperial Beach, CA
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:0F2CB9E4-DE46-42B5-8EC3-...
>> >> > Every one of my new or saved emails is showing up as an
>> >> > attachment?
>> >> > The
>> >> > To,
>> >> > From, Subject and date are correct.
>> >> >
>> >> > They are all displayed correctly when I open the attachment.
>> >> >
>> >> > They all have this format: ATT0000XX.htm (XX.X KB)
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
>>
>> .
>>

Maybe you could try Mr. Cochran's (MVP) utilities at:

http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/

There, you can compact and restore the database . . . . may help - it has
others with a variety of issues.


"Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
news:4D81039D-D37B-4B9E-B5B1-...
> Bruce, thanks for your help. I accomplished the following:
>
> 1) I cleared the TEMP and TEMPORARY INTERNET folders.
>
> 2) I set the encoding to Western (ISO) in Internet Explorer.
>
> 3) I made sure that "Read All Messages In Plain Text" is NOT checked.
>
> I still have the problem. It must be related to Winmail or Vista on my PC
> since not only do the Inbox emails I receive show as attachments but,
> every
> saved email (Some years old) in ALL my folders also show as attachments
> when
> I try to open them. I cannot find any option in Winmail that might cause
> this other than the one I made sure was unchecked.
>
> I also did the following:
>
> 1) I just setup an old PC running Windows XP and Outlook Express on my
> network. I used it to pull my email and it all looked good. Came in
> clean
> and not as attachments.
>
> 2) I installed Windows Live Mail on my Vista machine, pulled my mail and
> guess what, they are all attachments.
>
> This must be a VISTA problem with Winmail and WinLiveMail and maybe other
> email programs? Any ideas where to go next?
> __________________________________________________ _______________
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> This should apply to WinMail as well.
>>
>> Outlook Express message appears blank and has an ATT000XX.txt or an
>> ATT000XX.htm attachment:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312351
>>
>> And from:
>> http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
>>
>> Besides the problem described in this article with temporary files,
>> Outlook Express may have a blank message if Internet Explorer is set at
>> View, Encoding to Auto-Select. If so, disable the Auto-Select in Internet
>> Explorer and choose instead Western European (ISO). If your program has
>> an
>> option to read HTML messages in Plain Text, the HTML version of the
>> message may appear as an ATT0001.HTM attachment (the number may vary).
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>>
>> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
>> news:E01F2EA7-F012-41C2-897E-...
>> > Read all messages in plain text was not checked.
>> >
>> > "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Please do not start a new thread for an existing issue. Thank you.
>> >>
>> >> Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Read all messages in plain text.
>> >> --
>> >> Bruce Hagen
>> >> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> >> Imperial Beach, CA
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:0F2CB9E4-DE46-42B5-8EC3-...
>> >> > Every one of my new or saved emails is showing up as an attachment?
>> >> > The
>> >> > To,
>> >> > From, Subject and date are correct.
>> >> >
>> >> > They are all displayed correctly when I open the attachment.
>> >> >
>> >> > They all have this format: ATT0000XX.htm (XX.X KB)
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
>>
>> .
>>

Dragontooth

Is AOL your ISP by any chance.

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
news:4D81039D-D37B-4B9E-B5B1-...
> Bruce, thanks for your help. I accomplished the following:
>
> 1) I cleared the TEMP and TEMPORARY INTERNET folders.
>
> 2) I set the encoding to Western (ISO) in Internet Explorer.
>
> 3) I made sure that "Read All Messages In Plain Text" is NOT checked.
>
> I still have the problem. It must be related to Winmail or Vista on my PC
> since not only do the Inbox emails I receive show as attachments but, every
> saved email (Some years old) in ALL my folders also show as attachments when
> I try to open them. I cannot find any option in Winmail that might cause
> this other than the one I made sure was unchecked.
>
> I also did the following:
>
> 1) I just setup an old PC running Windows XP and Outlook Express on my
> network. I used it to pull my email and it all looked good. Came in clean
> and not as attachments.
>
> 2) I installed Windows Live Mail on my Vista machine, pulled my mail and
> guess what, they are all attachments.
>
> This must be a VISTA problem with Winmail and WinLiveMail and maybe other
> email programs? Any ideas where to go next?
> __________________________________________________ _______________
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> This should apply to WinMail as well.
>>
>> Outlook Express message appears blank and has an ATT000XX.txt or an
>> ATT000XX.htm attachment:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312351
>>
>> And from:
>> http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
>>
>> Besides the problem described in this article with temporary files,
>> Outlook Express may have a blank message if Internet Explorer is set at
>> View, Encoding to Auto-Select. If so, disable the Auto-Select in Internet
>> Explorer and choose instead Western European (ISO). If your program has an
>> option to read HTML messages in Plain Text, the HTML version of the
>> message may appear as an ATT0001.HTM attachment (the number may vary).
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>>
>> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
>> news:E01F2EA7-F012-41C2-897E-...
>> > Read all messages in plain text was not checked.
>> >
>> > "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Please do not start a new thread for an existing issue. Thank you.
>> >>
>> >> Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Read all messages in plain text.
>> >> --
>> >> Bruce Hagen
>> >> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> >> Imperial Beach, CA
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:0F2CB9E4-DE46-42B5-8EC3-...
>> >> > Every one of my new or saved emails is showing up as an attachment?
>> >> > The
>> >> > To,
>> >> > From, Subject and date are correct.
>> >> >
>> >> > They are all displayed correctly when I open the attachment.
>> >> >
>> >> > They all have this format: ATT0000XX.htm (XX.X KB)
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
>>
>> .
>>

I have the preview pane enabled. It shows a nice big paperclip on the right
side with all my attachments. Even the animated monkey and smiley faces that
some of my friends use are attachments. The animated smiley faces show up as
30-40 attachments.

I run F-Secure Internet Security 2010. It even has a "Unload" feature that
allows all network traffic and a "RELOAD" that restores all options. I
unloaded it and tried to receive emails. All were attachments.

One of the first things I tried was reboot. I have done it several times
since then.

I run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware almost on a daily basis. I am currently
running 1.44. No malware in weeks.

I will remove the accounts, reboot and reinstall. I too am running out of
things to do.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> I am running out of thoughts.
>
> You do have the Preview Pane enabled? What anti-virus program are you
> running?
>
> Damn. If it were Outlook Express, I would just tell you to create a new
> identity, but that doesn't cut it in WinMail.
>
> If you haven't rebooted yet, do so now.
>
> You could try removing the account, rebooting and adding it back. This is
> a POP3 account, right?
>
> Download and run this tool as well.
>
> Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.40
> http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes...-10804572.html
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP [Mail]
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
> news:4D81039D-D37B-4B9E-B5B1-...
> > Bruce, thanks for your help. I accomplished the following:
> >
> > 1) I cleared the TEMP and TEMPORARY INTERNET folders.
> >
> > 2) I set the encoding to Western (ISO) in Internet Explorer.
> >
> > 3) I made sure that "Read All Messages In Plain Text" is NOT checked.
> >
> > I still have the problem. It must be related to Winmail or Vista on my
> > PC
> > since not only do the Inbox emails I receive show as attachments but,
> > every
> > saved email (Some years old) in ALL my folders also show as attachments
> > when
> > I try to open them. I cannot find any option in Winmail that might
> > cause
> > this other than the one I made sure was unchecked.
> >
> > I also did the following:
> >
> > 1) I just setup an old PC running Windows XP and Outlook Express on my
> > network. I used it to pull my email and it all looked good. Came in
> > clean
> > and not as attachments.
> >
> > 2) I installed Windows Live Mail on my Vista machine, pulled my mail and
> > guess what, they are all attachments.
> >
> > This must be a VISTA problem with Winmail and WinLiveMail and maybe
> > other
> > email programs? Any ideas where to go next?
> > __________________________________________________ _______________
> > "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
> >
> >> This should apply to WinMail as well.
> >>
> >> Outlook Express message appears blank and has an ATT000XX.txt or an
> >> ATT000XX.htm attachment:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312351
> >>
> >> And from:
> >> http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
> >>
> >> Besides the problem described in this article with temporary files,
> >> Outlook Express may have a blank message if Internet Explorer is set at
> >> View, Encoding to Auto-Select. If so, disable the Auto-Select in
> >> Internet
> >> Explorer and choose instead Western European (ISO). If your program has
> >> an
> >> option to read HTML messages in Plain Text, the HTML version of the
> >> message may appear as an ATT0001.HTM attachment (the number may vary).
> >> --
> >> Bruce Hagen
> >> MS-MVP [Mail]
> >> Imperial Beach, CA
> >>
> >>
> >> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
> >> news:E01F2EA7-F012-41C2-897E-...
> >> > Read all messages in plain text was not checked.
> >> >
> >> > "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Please do not start a new thread for an existing issue. Thank you.
> >> >>
> >> >> Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Read all messages in plain text.
> >> >> --
> >> >> Bruce Hagen
> >> >> MS-MVP [Mail]
> >> >> Imperial Beach, CA
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in
> >> >> message
> >> >> news:0F2CB9E4-DE46-42B5-8EC3-...
> >> >> > Every one of my new or saved emails is showing up as an
> >> >> > attachment?
> >> >> > The
> >> >> > To,
> >> >> > From, Subject and date are correct.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > They are all displayed correctly when I open the attachment.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > They all have this format: ATT0000XX.htm (XX.X KB)
> >> >>
> >> >> .
> >> >>
> >>
> >> .
> >>
>
> .
>

No, I have Earthlink email accounts. My ISP is not AOL.

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Dragontooth
>
> Is AOL your ISP by any chance.
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
> news:4D81039D-D37B-4B9E-B5B1-...
> > Bruce, thanks for your help. I accomplished the following:
> >
> > 1) I cleared the TEMP and TEMPORARY INTERNET folders.
> >
> > 2) I set the encoding to Western (ISO) in Internet Explorer.
> >
> > 3) I made sure that "Read All Messages In Plain Text" is NOT checked.
> >
> > I still have the problem. It must be related to Winmail or Vista on my PC
> > since not only do the Inbox emails I receive show as attachments but, every
> > saved email (Some years old) in ALL my folders also show as attachments when
> > I try to open them. I cannot find any option in Winmail that might cause
> > this other than the one I made sure was unchecked.
> >
> > I also did the following:
> >
> > 1) I just setup an old PC running Windows XP and Outlook Express on my
> > network. I used it to pull my email and it all looked good. Came in clean
> > and not as attachments.
> >
> > 2) I installed Windows Live Mail on my Vista machine, pulled my mail and
> > guess what, they are all attachments.
> >
> > This must be a VISTA problem with Winmail and WinLiveMail and maybe other
> > email programs? Any ideas where to go next?
> > __________________________________________________ _______________
> > "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
> >
> >> This should apply to WinMail as well.
> >>
> >> Outlook Express message appears blank and has an ATT000XX.txt or an
> >> ATT000XX.htm attachment:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312351
> >>
> >> And from:
> >> http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
> >>
> >> Besides the problem described in this article with temporary files,
> >> Outlook Express may have a blank message if Internet Explorer is set at
> >> View, Encoding to Auto-Select. If so, disable the Auto-Select in Internet
> >> Explorer and choose instead Western European (ISO). If your program has an
> >> option to read HTML messages in Plain Text, the HTML version of the
> >> message may appear as an ATT0001.HTM attachment (the number may vary).
> >> --
> >> Bruce Hagen
> >> MS-MVP [Mail]
> >> Imperial Beach, CA
> >>
> >>
> >> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
> >> news:E01F2EA7-F012-41C2-897E-...
> >> > Read all messages in plain text was not checked.
> >> >
> >> > "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Please do not start a new thread for an existing issue. Thank you.
> >> >>
> >> >> Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Read all messages in plain text.
> >> >> --
> >> >> Bruce Hagen
> >> >> MS-MVP [Mail]
> >> >> Imperial Beach, CA
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Dragontooth" <> wrote in message
> >> >> news:0F2CB9E4-DE46-42B5-8EC3-...
> >> >> > Every one of my new or saved emails is showing up as an attachment?
> >> >> > The
> >> >> > To,
> >> >> > From, Subject and date are correct.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > They are all displayed correctly when I open the attachment.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > They all have this format: ATT0000XX.htm (XX.X KB)
> >> >>
> >> >> .
> >> >>
> >>
> >> .
> >>
>
> .
>