Attachments: Outlook Express

[Robert]

I have a friend in Mexico that is trying to send me
pictures with an attachment to the email. Every time I
try to open the attachment it automatically goes to
notepad and I can't get the attachment open. Is there
something I am doing wrong? Thanks

[Kelly]

Hi Robert,

It sounds as though it is an unrecognized extension. Notepad is the
default.

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"Robert" > wrote in message
...
> I have a friend in Mexico that is trying to send me
> pictures with an attachment to the email. Every time I
> try to open the attachment it automatically goes to
> notepad and I can't get the attachment open. Is there
> something I am doing wrong? Thanks

[Ken Blake]

In , Robert wrote:

> I have a friend in Mexico that is trying to send me
> pictures with an attachment to the email. Every time I
> try to open the attachment it automatically goes to
> notepad and I can't get the attachment open. Is there
> something I am doing wrong? Thanks


What is the filename of the extension--specifically the
extension, the three characters at the end after the dot"

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[Robert]

>-----Original Message-----
>In , Robert wrote:
>
>> I have a friend in Mexico that is trying to send me
>> pictures with an attachment to the email. Every time I
>> try to open the attachment it automatically goes to
>> notepad and I can't get the attachment open. Is there
>> something I am doing wrong? Thanks
>
>
>What is the filename of the extension--specifically the
>extension, the three characters at the end after the dot"
>
>--
>Ken Blake
>Please reply to the newsgroup
>Ken the three characters after the dot is as follows
ATT00010.txt Any suggestions?
>
>.
>

[Sir_George]

Robert,

The "txt" extension is for text files. Is your friend changing the extension
when sending the files? The extension for pic's should be "jpg" or "jpeg" or
"jfif" etc. You may want to check with your friend about what program
created the images and post back to in this newsgroup to get a better answer
regarding the file type necessary to view the images.

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"Robert" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >In , Robert wrote:
> >
> >> I have a friend in Mexico that is trying to send me
> >> pictures with an attachment to the email. Every time I
> >> try to open the attachment it automatically goes to
> >> notepad and I can't get the attachment open. Is there
> >> something I am doing wrong? Thanks
> >
> >
> >What is the filename of the extension--specifically the
> >extension, the three characters at the end after the dot"
> >
> >--
> >Ken Blake
> >Please reply to the newsgroup
> >Ken the three characters after the dot is as follows
> ATT00010.txt Any suggestions?
> >
> >.
> >