WinXP mailers won't open .GIF attachments ??
They opens JPG files fine.

I first noticed this over a year ago, but didn't have
time to get to the bottom of this. I thought perhaps
it was just a fluke limited to one machine, but now
it seems that all XP machines I send .GIF pictures to
can't open them. (People don't tend to mention this,
I have to ask them.)

(I send the email with Eudora 5.2. No other platform has
this problem.)

One XP user said she fixed the problem by editing her registry,
then save the attachment, then open it with another viewer.
(She also said it wouldn't open ZIP or EXE files.)

I call that a work-around.
Is there a real fix for this?
(For example, Eudora does not auto-open attachments,
but on-click, opens them with yer default viewer (Irfanview)).

Thanks!


PURE Republicanism?? It's now clear.
Six years of PURE Republicanism - BOTH houses
AND the Prez. Pure as it gets.
So?
Are you better off now than seven years ago?
Are you proud with what they have done to
America and her reputation? ...Your reputation?
....all that sleaze, lies and bribery?
How about all the killing...the torture? Proud?

If actions speak louder than rhetoric, then
name ONE good thing about Republicanism.
Just one.

Just one *real* thing.

Can't do it?
So? Your Republicanism more like a bad habit then?
Might be time to consider Change.

"Doug Bashford" <playing@always.edu> wrote in message
news:v8ednSBDdMYHnLPVnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@pghconnect.c om...
>
>
> WinXP mailers won't open .GIF attachments ??
> They opens JPG files fine.
>
> I first noticed this over a year ago, but didn't have
> time to get to the bottom of this. I thought perhaps
> it was just a fluke limited to one machine, but now
> it seems that all XP machines I send .GIF pictures to
> can't open them. (People don't tend to mention this,
> I have to ask them.)
>
> (I send the email with Eudora 5.2. No other platform has
> this problem.)
>
> One XP user said she fixed the problem by editing her registry,
> then save the attachment, then open it with another viewer.
> (She also said it wouldn't open ZIP or EXE files.)
>
> I call that a work-around.
> Is there a real fix for this?
> (For example, Eudora does not auto-open attachments,
> but on-click, opens them with yer default viewer (Irfanview)).
>
> Thanks!

XP is not an email program. Outlook Express, that comes with XP is. Email
programs don't open email attachments, they are opened by the program that
the attachments file type is associated with. Associate gifs with whatever
program you want to use to open them.

On Fri, , Jerry said about:
Re: WinXP emailer won't open .GIF attachments ??


> "Doug Bashford" <playing@always.edu> wrote in message
> news:v8ednSBDdMYHnLPVnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@pghconnect.c om...
> >
> >
> > WinXP mailers won't open .GIF attachments ??
> > They opens JPG files fine.
> >
> > I first noticed this over a year ago, but didn't have
> > time to get to the bottom of this. I thought perhaps
> > it was just a fluke limited to one machine, but now
> > it seems that all XP machines I send .GIF pictures to
> > can't open them. (People don't tend to mention this,
> > I have to ask them.)
> >
> > (I send the email with Eudora 5.2. No other platform has
> > this problem.)
> >
> > One XP user said she fixed the problem by editing her registry,
> > then save the attachment, then open it with another viewer.
> > (She also said it wouldn't open ZIP or EXE files.)
> >
> > I call that a work-around.
> > Is there a real fix for this?
> > (For example, Eudora does not auto-open attachments,
> > but on-click, opens them with yer default viewer (Irfanview)).
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> XP is not an email program. Outlook Express, that comes with XP is. Email
> programs don't open email attachments, they are opened by the program that
> the attachments file type is associated with. Associate gifs with whatever
> program you want to use to open them.

Huh!?
You seem to be saying that all the XP users I know
don't have gifs properly associated?
So XP's default installation can't read gifs!?

That doesn't make much sense.

PURE Republicanism?? It's now clear.
Six years of PURE Republicanism - BOTH houses
AND the Prez. Pure as it gets.
So?
Are you better off now than seven years ago?
Are you proud with what they have done to
America and her reputation? ...Your reputation?
....all that sleaze, lies and bribery?
How about all the killing...the torture? Proud?

If actions speak louder than rhetoric, then
name ONE good thing about Republicanism.
Just one.

Just one *real* thing.

Can't do it?
So? Your Republicanism more like a bad habit then?
Might be time to consider Change.

in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, PA Bear [MS MVP] said
about:
Re: WinXP emailer won't open .GIF attachments ??




> Horse hockey!

agree.

> Ask your correspondents who are having such problems to post
> here about it.

Yeah right. Since when do Outlook Virus Incubator users know
enough to do that? These guys are seemingly so helpless, MS
apperantly thinks a GIF file will EEEK!!! kill them!
" The Attachment Manager in Windows XP SP2 can help protect
your computer from unsafe attachments that you might receive with
an e-mail message"


"Description of how the Attachment Manager
works in Windows XP Service Pack 2"
.....below seems to be the most useful.

Since I don't use the Outlook Virus Incubators, I can only
guess at the fix[es]. I've highlighted some of those.

=============
1-10 of 326 (0.75 seconds) for
xp open gif attachments e-mail

Windows XP Service Pack 2: What's New for Internet Explorer and
...
Screen unsafe e-mail attachments that ... technologies in Windows
XP SP2 help to reduce the spread of viruses through e-mail ...
making it possible to open apparently safe attachments.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...eoverview.mspx



=============
Outlook Express and Windows XP Service Pack 2: Several Problems
or ...
.... Windows XP Service Pack 1. Since then all subsequent updates,
including SP2, have turned on the block automatically. E-mail
attachments ... and *.gif ... open e-mail attachments. I would
...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/.../oeandsp2.mspx

"Outlook Express Ate My Attachments"
By far the most common complaint involves attachments, and the
tone of the complaints is often harsh. "Suddenly, I can't open
attachments."
"How dare Microsoft delete my attachments without my
permission."
and my favorite, "Outlook Express ate all my attachments!" In
fact Outlook Express does not delete any attachments, not before
SP2 and not afterwards either.
What it does do is block access to attachments that might
potentially contain a virus. The warning that appears in the
InfoBar when you open a message states this quite clearly. But
surprise and frustration often cause people to miss the part
about "access" and so jump to a faulty conclusion. Furthermore,
if you normally read messages only in the Preview pane, you will
see only a grayed-out icon as your only clue that access has been
blocked. .......


=====XXXXXXXXXX=======
Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP
Service Pack 2 ...
.... in Windows XP SP2 can help protect your computer from unsafe
attachments that you might receive with an e-mail ... to handle
e-mail attachments ... when you open attachments ...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/883260

If the Attachment Manager identifies an attachment that might
be unsafe, the Attachment Manager prevents you from opening the
file. The following determine whether you are prevented from
opening the file or whether you are warned before you open the
file:
• The type of program that you are using.
• The file type that you are downloading or trying to open.
• The security settings of the Web content zone that you are
downloading the file from.

You can open a blocked file from a known source if you want to.
To open a blocked file, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the blocked file, and then click Properties.
2. In the General tab, click Unblock.


Medium-risk file types
File types that the Attachment Manager does not label as high
risk or low risk are automatically labeled as medium risk.

.......
When you open a medium-risk file from the Internet Web content
zone or from the restricted sites Web content zone, you may
receive a warning message, but you may be able to open these
types of files.

Low-risk file types
The Attachment Manager labels the following file types as low
risk only when you open them by using Notepad. If you associate
another program with this file type, the file type is no longer
considered low risk.
• .log
• .text
• .txt

....all else are "medium-risk"

.....Configuring the Attachment Manager
There are several features of the Attachment Manager that can be
configured by using Group Policy or the local registry.
Default risk level for file attachments.....

=================
Zip or unzip a file - Help and How-to - Microsoft Office Online

Some graphic files, such as .jpg and .gif files ... you send it
in e-mail. You can send and receive e-mail attachments ... When
you click the executable file to open it, the .exe ...
office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA011276901033.aspx




> Doug Bashford wrote:
> > WinXP mailers won't open .GIF attachments ??
> > They opens JPG files fine.
> >
> > I first noticed this over a year ago, but didn't have
> > time to get to the bottom of this. I thought perhaps
> > it was just a fluke limited to one machine, but now
> > it seems that all XP machines I send .GIF pictures to
> > can't open them. (People don't tend to mention this,
> > I have to ask them.)
> >
> > (I send the email with Eudora 5.2. No other platform has
> > this problem.)
> >
> > One XP user said she fixed the problem by editing her registry,
> > then save the attachment, then open it with another viewer.
> > (She also said it wouldn't open ZIP or EXE files.)
> >
> > I call that a work-around.
> > Is there a real fix for this?
> > (For example, Eudora does not auto-open attachments,
> > but on-click, opens them with yer default viewer (Irfanview)).
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >



PURE Republicanism?? It's now clear.
Six years of PURE Republicanism - BOTH houses
AND the Prez. Pure as it gets.
So?
Are you better off now than seven years ago?
Are you proud with what they have done to
America and her reputation? ...Your reputation?
....all that sleaze, lies and bribery?
How about all the killing...the torture? Proud?

If actions speak louder than rhetoric, then
name ONE good thing about Republicanism.
Just one.

Just one *real* thing.

Can't do it?
So? Your Republicanism more like a bad habit then?
Might be time to consider Change.

Jerry said about:
Re: WinXP emailer won't open .GIF attachments ??


> "Doug Bashford" <playing@always.edu> wrote in message
> news:v8ednSBDdMYHnLPVnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@pghconnect.c om...
> >
> >
> > WinXP mailers won't open .GIF attachments ??
> > They opens JPG files fine.
> >
> > I first noticed this over a year ago, but didn't have
> > time to get to the bottom of this. I thought perhaps
> > it was just a fluke limited to one machine, but now
> > it seems that all XP machines I send .GIF pictures to
> > can't open them. (People don't tend to mention this,
> > I have to ask them.)
> >
> > (I send the email with Eudora 5.2. No other platform has
> > this problem.)
> >
> > One XP user said she fixed the problem by editing her registry,
> > then save the attachment, then open it with another viewer.
> > (She also said it wouldn't open ZIP or EXE files.)
> >
> > I call that a work-around.
> > Is there a real fix for this?
> > (For example, Eudora does not auto-open attachments,
> > but on-click, opens them with yer default viewer (Irfanview)).
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> XP is not an email program. Outlook Express, that comes with XP is.

Irrelevant. ...as I suspected. It's all mish-mashed together.

Attachment Manager in Windows XP
Service Pack 2 is WinXP.
That seems to be the problem.

Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP
Service Pack 2 ...
.... in Windows XP SP2 can help protect your computer from unsafe
attachments that you might receive with an e-mail ... to handle
e-mail attachments ... when you open attachments ...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/883260

> Email
> programs don't open email attachments, they are opened by the program that
> the attachments file type is associated with. Associate gifs with whatever
> program you want to use to open them.
>
>

PURE Republicanism?? It's now clear.
Six years of PURE Republicanism - BOTH houses
AND the Prez. Pure as it gets.
So?
Are you better off now than seven years ago?
Are you proud with what they have done to
America and her reputation? ...Your reputation?
....all that sleaze, lies and bribery?
How about all the killing...the torture? Proud?

If actions speak louder than rhetoric, then
name ONE good thing about Republicanism.
Just one.

Just one *real* thing.

Can't do it?
So? Your Republicanism more like a bad habit then?
Might be time to consider Change.

On 18 May 2008, playing@always.edu (Doug Bashford) wrote in
alt.windows-xp:

> Huh!?
> You seem to be saying that all the XP users I know
> don't have gifs properly associated?
> So XP's default installation can't read gifs!?

Huh? You seem to be saying that all XP users can't open emailed GIF
files. That doesn't make much sense. I have no problems receiving or
viewing them using any of several email programs. Neither does anyone
else I know.

in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,
In <Xns9AA3D3B4CAC0Enilch1@216.196.97.136>
On Mon, 19 May 2008 19:48:41 -0500, Nil said about:
Re: WinXP emailer won't open .GIF attachments ??


> On 18 May 2008, playing@always.edu (Doug Bashford) wrote in
> alt.windows-xp:
>
> > Huh!?
> > You seem to be saying that all the XP users I know
> > don't have gifs properly associated?
> > So XP's default installation can't read gifs!?
>
> Huh? You seem to be saying that all XP users can't open emailed GIF
> files. That doesn't make much sense. I have no problems receiving or
> viewing them using any of several email programs. Neither does anyone
> else I know.

Huh!?

quote:
=============
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/.../oeandsp2.mspx

Outlook Express and Windows XP Service Pack 2: Several Problems
or ...
.... Windows XP Service Pack 1. Since then all subsequent updates,
including SP2, have turned on the block automatically. E-mail
attachments ... and *.gif ... open e-mail attachments. I would
...

"Outlook Express Ate My Attachments"
By far the most common complaint involves attachments, and the
tone of the complaints is often harsh. "Suddenly, I can't open
attachments."
"How dare Microsoft delete my attachments without my
permission."
and my favorite, "Outlook Express ate all my attachments!" In
fact Outlook Express does not delete any attachments, not before
SP2 and not afterwards either.
What it does do is block access to attachments that might
potentially contain a virus. The warning that appears in the
InfoBar when you open a message states this quite clearly. But
surprise and frustration often cause people to miss the part
about "access" and so jump to a faulty conclusion. Furthermore,
if you normally read messages only in the Preview pane, you will
see only a grayed-out icon as your only clue that access has been
blocked. .......



PURE Republicanism?? It's now clear.
Six years of PURE Republicanism - BOTH houses
AND the Prez. Pure as it gets.
So?
Are you better off now than seven years ago?
Are you proud with what they have done to
America and her reputation? ...Your reputation?
....all that sleaze, lies and bribery?
How about all the killing...the torture? Proud?

If actions speak louder than rhetoric, then
name ONE good thing about Republicanism.
Just one.

Just one *real* thing.

Can't do it?
So? Your Republicanism more like a bad habit then?
Might be time to consider Change.

On 24 May 2008, playing@always.edu (Doug Bashford) wrote in
alt.windows-xp:

>> Huh? You seem to be saying that all XP users can't open emailed
>> GIF files. That doesn't make much sense. I have no problems
>> receiving or viewing them using any of several email programs.
>> Neither does anyone else I know.
>
> Huh!?

I can't put it any simpler. I repeat:

"I have no problems receiving or viewing them (GIFs) using any of
several email programs. Neither does anyone else I know."

This includes Outlook Express and Outlook.

Apparently some people have a problem with it, but it's not that
common. Certainly not ALL, as you imply.