Mutli-part attachments do not combine - Help!

My OE6 works fine in all respects except when receiving large attachments
which have been split into smaller multiple parts by the sender's OE6. I
remember some time ago this used to work ok but now the parts do not combine
automatically nor does 'combine and decode' work.

What is wrong??

I am using WinXP SP2 fully updated.

Are you highlighting the messages to be combined before Combine and Decode?
--
Ronald Sommer

"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
: My OE6 works fine in all respects except when receiving large attachments
: which have been split into smaller multiple parts by the sender's OE6. I
: remember some time ago this used to work ok but now the parts do not
combine
: automatically nor does 'combine and decode' work.
:
: What is wrong??
:
: I am using WinXP SP2 fully updated.
:
:

Yes!

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Are you highlighting the messages to be combined before Combine and
Decode?
--
Ronald Sommer

"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
: My OE6 works fine in all respects except when receiving large
attachments
: which have been split into smaller multiple parts by the sender's OE6.
I
: remember some time ago this used to work ok but now the parts do not
combine
: automatically nor does 'combine and decode' work.
:
: What is wrong??
:
: I am using WinXP SP2 fully updated.
:
:

OE will attempt to automatically combine E-mail messages if they are
downloaded together. For Newsgroups, it must be done manually.

In what way does combine and decode not work?

You must highlight all the parts first. And all the parts must all be
there.

When you select Combine and Decode you must reorder the parts in the
dialog presented unless they are already in order.

And when done, OE should present you with a single message with the
combined message and hopefully decoded attachment. But if it's an
encoding method that OE doesn't support, such as yEnc, then you'll be
left with a large text message which you'll need to save and use a
manual decoder on.



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
My OE6 works fine in all respects except when receiving large
attachments which have been split into smaller multiple parts by the
sender's OE6. I remember some time ago this used to work ok but now
the parts do not combine automatically nor does 'combine and decode'
work.

What is wrong??

I am using WinXP SP2 fully updated.

The sender is using OE6 with 'break apart messages' activated. He has sent
large (about 2Mb) *.jpg files which arrive in my OE6 as multiple smaller
files (about 500Kb each) each with extension *.dat. They are not
automatically combined as they should be. If I select all the parts of the
received file and then use 'Combine and Decode' to ensure they are in the
correct order and then click OK I get message 'Combining the messages'. I
then get a receive window containing just one of the parts, still with
extension *.dat.

I remember some time ago I was able to receive such messages successfully
and they combined automatically without using 'Combine and decode'. Now
there appears to be no way it will work! What can the problem be?


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
OE will attempt to automatically combine E-mail messages if they are
downloaded together. For Newsgroups, it must be done manually.

In what way does combine and decode not work?

You must highlight all the parts first. And all the parts must all be
there.

When you select Combine and Decode you must reorder the parts in the
dialog presented unless they are already in order.

And when done, OE should present you with a single message with the
combined message and hopefully decoded attachment. But if it's an
encoding method that OE doesn't support, such as yEnc, then you'll be left
with a large text message which you'll need to save and use a manual
decoder on.



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
My OE6 works fine in all respects except when receiving large attachments
which have been split into smaller multiple parts by the sender's OE6. I
remember some time ago this used to work ok but now the parts do not
combine automatically nor does 'combine and decode' work.

What is wrong??

I am using WinXP SP2 fully updated.

"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
The sender is using OE6 with 'break apart messages' activated. He has sent
large (about 2Mb) *.jpg files which arrive in my OE6 as multiple smaller
files (about 500Kb each) each with extension *.dat. They are not
automatically combined as they should be. If I select all the parts of the
received file and then use 'Combine and Decode' to ensure they are in the
correct order and then click OK I get message 'Combining the messages'. I
then get a receive window containing just one of the parts, still with
extension *.dat.

I remember some time ago I was able to receive such messages successfully
and they combined automatically without using 'Combine and decode'. Now
there appears to be no way it will work! What can the problem be?


And if you save that and change the extension to JPG instead of dat?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
...
"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
The sender is using OE6 with 'break apart messages' activated. He has
sent large (about 2Mb) *.jpg files which arrive in my OE6 as multiple
smaller files (about 500Kb each) each with extension *.dat. They are not
automatically combined as they should be. If I select all the parts of
the received file and then use 'Combine and Decode' to ensure they are in
the correct order and then click OK I get message 'Combining the
messages'. I then get a receive window containing just one of the parts,
still with extension *.dat.

I remember some time ago I was able to receive such messages successfully
and they combined automatically without using 'Combine and decode'. Now
there appears to be no way it will work! What can the problem be?


And if you save that and change the extension to JPG instead of dat?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

The saved file is about the same size as one of the parts. Changing the
extension to .jpg does not turn the file into a picture, it is still an
unreadable data file. When it used to work some time ago it was entirely
automatic, no extension changing was necessary!

Are you running any anti-spam and anti-virus scanning e-mail? Either
of those can screw up the message headers confusing OE.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
The sender is using OE6 with 'break apart messages' activated. He has
sent large (about 2Mb) *.jpg files which arrive in my OE6 as multiple
smaller files (about 500Kb each) each with extension *.dat. They are
not automatically combined as they should be. If I select all the
parts of the received file and then use 'Combine and Decode' to ensure
they are in the correct order and then click OK I get message
'Combining the messages'. I then get a receive window containing just
one of the parts, still with extension *.dat.

I remember some time ago I was able to receive such messages
successfully and they combined automatically without using 'Combine
and decode'. Now there appears to be no way it will work! What can
the problem be?


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
OE will attempt to automatically combine E-mail messages if they are
downloaded together. For Newsgroups, it must be done manually.

In what way does combine and decode not work?

You must highlight all the parts first. And all the parts must all
be there.

When you select Combine and Decode you must reorder the parts in the
dialog presented unless they are already in order.

And when done, OE should present you with a single message with the
combined message and hopefully decoded attachment. But if it's an
encoding method that OE doesn't support, such as yEnc, then you'll be
left with a large text message which you'll need to save and use a
manual decoder on.



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
My OE6 works fine in all respects except when receiving large
attachments which have been split into smaller multiple parts by the
sender's OE6. I remember some time ago this used to work ok but now
the parts do not combine automatically nor does 'combine and decode'
work.

What is wrong??

I am using WinXP SP2 fully updated.

Tried disabling AVG anti-virus and Windows defender - result no change in
behaviour!

No other spam protection present.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
Are you running any anti-spam and anti-virus scanning e-mail? Either of
those can screw up the message headers confusing OE.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
The sender is using OE6 with 'break apart messages' activated. He has
sent large (about 2Mb) *.jpg files which arrive in my OE6 as multiple
smaller files (about 500Kb each) each with extension *.dat. They are not
automatically combined as they should be. If I select all the parts of
the received file and then use 'Combine and Decode' to ensure they are in
the correct order and then click OK I get message 'Combining the
messages'. I then get a receive window containing just one of the parts,
still with extension *.dat.

I remember some time ago I was able to receive such messages successfully
and they combined automatically without using 'Combine and decode'. Now
there appears to be no way it will work! What can the problem be?


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
OE will attempt to automatically combine E-mail messages if they are
downloaded together. For Newsgroups, it must be done manually.

In what way does combine and decode not work?

You must highlight all the parts first. And all the parts must all be
there.

When you select Combine and Decode you must reorder the parts in the
dialog presented unless they are already in order.

And when done, OE should present you with a single message with the
combined message and hopefully decoded attachment. But if it's an
encoding method that OE doesn't support, such as yEnc, then you'll be
left with a large text message which you'll need to save and use a
manual decoder on.



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
My OE6 works fine in all respects except when receiving large
attachments which have been split into smaller multiple parts by the
sender's OE6. I remember some time ago this used to work ok but now
the parts do not combine automatically nor does 'combine and decode'
work.

What is wrong??

I am using WinXP SP2 fully updated.

It might help to see the headers from the first 2 messages. You can
copy/paste that from the Message Source (Ctrl-F3). Include up to the
first line of the encoded attachment.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
Tried disabling AVG anti-virus and Windows defender - result no change
in behaviour!

No other spam protection present.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
Are you running any anti-spam and anti-virus scanning e-mail?
Either of those can screw up the message headers confusing OE.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
The sender is using OE6 with 'break apart messages' activated. He
has sent large (about 2Mb) *.jpg files which arrive in my OE6 as
multiple smaller files (about 500Kb each) each with extension *.dat.
They are not automatically combined as they should be. If I select
all the parts of the received file and then use 'Combine and Decode'
to ensure they are in the correct order and then click OK I get
message 'Combining the messages'. I then get a receive window
containing just one of the parts, still with extension *.dat.

I remember some time ago I was able to receive such messages
successfully and they combined automatically without using 'Combine
and decode'. Now there appears to be no way it will work! What can
the problem be?


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
OE will attempt to automatically combine E-mail messages if they
are downloaded together. For Newsgroups, it must be done manually.

In what way does combine and decode not work?

You must highlight all the parts first. And all the parts must all
be there.

When you select Combine and Decode you must reorder the parts in
the dialog presented unless they are already in order.

And when done, OE should present you with a single message with the
combined message and hopefully decoded attachment. But if it's an
encoding method that OE doesn't support, such as yEnc, then you'll
be left with a large text message which you'll need to save and use
a manual decoder on.



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...
My OE6 works fine in all respects except when receiving large
attachments which have been split into smaller multiple parts by
the sender's OE6. I remember some time ago this used to work ok
but now the parts do not combine automatically nor does 'combine
and decode' work.

What is wrong??

I am using WinXP SP2 fully updated.