Outlook express, attachments and MSN mesanger

I am having major problems in receiving emails with attatchments. I am using WIndows XP and outlook express with the security "do not allow.........be viruses" checkbox cleared. The problem seems to have occured since I installed MSN messanger 7. I have uninstalled MSN messanger but the problem still persists. Any ideas ?

THX in advance
DunkyJ

See if this helps, open OE, click Tools, Options, Security, and uncheck the box in the screen shot below. Now click Apply and then Ok

Perhaps try a System Restore to a point before the installation of the MSN Messenger.

Also make sure that you have all the latest Windows Critical Updates. SP2 Plus.

As a last resort:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378/EN-US/

Thanks I will try that.

O.Express is indeed an Easy to use mail client however when it comes to downloading attachments there are various reasons why it wudnt work .
as instructed earlier,uncheck the do not let...potentially a virus box .

second step : disable your anti viruses/spam blockers which sometimes come along with your anti virus as a package .

3rd : Check for stuck emails,when i say stuck it means "large emails",O.Express may not work sometimes or hang when its attempting to download large file sizes .

4th step : Your Inbox Could be corrupted,You could replace it by follwing this step .

Tools > Options > Maintenence tab >Store Folder>(Copy)Store location .
Create a New folder(backup) to store your existing emails
you could name it inbox2 .

Now that you have copied the store location....

Start>run>ctrl+v(paste) the store location>ok

Opens a Folder Where you find the file Inbox.dbx .
Delete the file .
If it doesnt let you delete,says its in use that means you have
you Inbox on O.E highlighted,switch to diff folder .

Now after deleting close Folder .Go to O.E create new inbox and copy files
from Inbox2 to Newly made folder .that shud do the trick ! .

Last step you could try is,eg . i download my gmail emails on OE .
go to gmail , delete large,unwanted emails .

launch O.E and try send/receive .

If these steps dont work you may need to re-install OE .

Hope this info helps

Misha .
Semi tech Support .
Process:wanadoo .
IBM Daksh .