hi all i think the rules governing receipt of attachments are managed at the receiver's end not at the sender's end i.e. in this case, bonnie's e-mail software has probably been set to convert a message over a certain size into an attachment which has to be downloaded separately from the message which could very well be a default setting designed to keep mailboxes from overflowing with unwanted stuff like spam janet At 12:12 1999/10/16 EDT, you wrote: >Camilla, >As you can see below, even I received this as an attachment. I believe that >it is because of the size of the e-mail & not of your own doing. Perhaps if >you could split up Part 1 into 1a & 1b then all could be able to see what you >are sending. >Bonnie > >In a message dated 10/16/99 10:19:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > >> >> File: Part1Iva.txt (27479 bytes) >> DL Time (57600 bps): < 1 minute >> >> [Only the first part of this message is displayed. The entire message has >> been turned into a text attachment, which you can retrieve by selecting >> Download. Once downloaded, open it with a word processor or text editor for >> reading.] >> >> I'm forwarding Ivan's 3-part testimony----Camilla Flintermann >> > >> > >> > janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>