Paperclip/Attachment Symbol on Email

Can you tell me why there is a paperclip/attachment symbol on some of my
emails that don't even have an attachment?

"snicklefritz" <snicklefritz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4850E2B8-830C-43E1-B5C4-9AD063D3C9F9@microsoft.com...
> Can you tell me why there is a paperclip/attachment symbol on some of my
> emails that don't even have an attachment?

AVG antivirus can cause this if you have it set to scan mail.

Also reading a HTML message while viewing in Plain text.

Is WM set to read all messages in plain text at tools>options>read tab.

If so you can remove it, or use Alt V H key strokes to read each HTML mail.


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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/

Thanks. I don't have my WM set to read all messages in plain text...just
checked. I do have AVG antivirus so this may be the problem. Does it matter
if I have an attachment on messages....use up more space? I guess I could
change my AVG so it doesn't scan messages but I feel safer with it set that
way.

"snicklefritz" wrote:

> Can you tell me why there is a paperclip/attachment symbol on some of my
> emails that don't even have an attachment?

"snicklefritz" <snicklefritz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A51451E3-E05F-492B-9BCE-5E62DAF301A1@microsoft.com...
> Thanks. I don't have my WM set to read all messages in plain text...just
> checked. I do have AVG antivirus so this may be the problem. Does it
> matter
> if I have an attachment on messages....use up more space? I guess I could
> change my AVG so it doesn't scan messages but I feel safer with it set
> that
> way.
>

Please quote the message that you are replying to, it helps others to step
in to offer help.

My advice is that mail scanning by your antivirus application is totally
unnecessary,

See:
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm

I would advise you to uninstall AVG via the Control Panel, and reinstall it
again this time without the mail scan installed.

At a point in the installation you will be offered Custom install, select
that and remove the mail scan checkmark.


--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/

Are you sure there is no attachment? Take a look at the source code by
pressing Ctrl+F3. What is the size of that message? Message size is
usually greater than 10K if there is an attachment.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"snicklefritz" <snicklefritz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4850E2B8-830C-43E1-B5C4-9AD063D3C9F9@microsoft.com...
> Can you tell me why there is a paperclip/attachment symbol on some of my
> emails that don't even have an attachment?