Hello Angel In order for anyone to hear any song that you have -mailed them, they have to make sure the following setting is unchecked in their outlook express program: under tools, under options, in the security tab, they have to make sure the setting block images and external content in HTML e-mail is unchecked once they have this setting in the security tab unchecked, they must hit enter on apply to save this change and then enter on the okay selection to close completely the options tabs and then for sure they will be able to hear any song you e-mail them in the background of any e-mail when they open your received e-mails. Hope this helps and happy surfing Hank Merchant Jr. ----- Original Message ----- From: Angel To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 6:10 AM Subject: Re: How does one listen to mp3 files This is weird. I tried to send e-mails with songs playing when the message opened and experienced the same thing. The song played for me in my sent box and I assumed they would play for those to whom I sent the e-mails. This was not to happen. I can't say why this was. I eventually gave up on the idea. ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Sherman To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:11 AM Subject: Re: How does one listen to mp3 files Hi Hank, I just tried sending myself an email with a sound as the background. It played until I sent the email. When I received the email it played the sound. When I checked my sent folder the sound played. I have no idea why yours did not play. Try sending yourself something and see what happens. Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: Hank & Patty To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 8:43 PM Subject: Re: How does one listen to mp3 files Hello I did these steps you mention and it appeared that I was successful in placing a desired song in the email because when I completed these steps and was placed back in the body of the message where I could add more text or not the desired song started playing. So with the desired song playhing I sent the email. But when I went into my sent folder and opened up this email I had just sent with the desired song I wanted to play in the background, no song started playhing, I just saw the text of the email that I had typed, but no song began to play. What gives? Have I done it correctly to place a desired song in a email to be played automatically when opened or is there something I'm not doing correctly? If you can plese help me out with this, I would much appreciate it. Happy surfing Hank Merchant ----- Original Message ----- From: Cougar/Steve Vandecar To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:07 PM Subject: Re: How does one listen to mp3 files To put music on your email do the following: open a new message and press alt o for the format menu. Make sure rich text and html is check Then do alt o again to go to the format menu again and press b for background then s for sound or arrow up and down till you get the background then sound. Then tab once to browse then look for the sound you want Then tab to ok and you should have your sound there. ----- Original Message ----- From: Yardbird To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:54 AM Subject: Re: How does one listen to mp3 files Francis, Here's how to set things up so that the file will play. Once you do this, you won't have to do it again. So don't be scared away by these instructions. First, find Windows Media Player on your system. It is probably already there. Let's assume it is. Look for it under Start Menu/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment. Just arrow down until you come to it. (You might wish to create either a hotkey or a desktop icon for this application for your convenience later, so you don't have to hunt for it again like that, but that is another topic). Now launch Windows Media Player (often referred to on a mailing list as WMP, for short). Now you have to set it up so that it will always play an .mp3 file on your hard drive when you click on the filename. To do that, go to the Tools menu by pressing alt T. Use your up arrow to come to the Options item (it's actually near the bottom of the menu, but since you can cycle around and around in this menu list, going upward will bring you to it quickly). Now open the submenu by pressing right arrow or Enter. You will now be in a sequence of "tabs," each of which is a menu related to one specific area of operation. Use Control Tab to move to the Media types tab. Now if you want WMP to play everything audio you need played, from steaming audio online to an .mp3 file, just tab to the Select All button and hit Enter. If you want to choose only some audio formats and not others (no reason at this point in your experience, I'm guessing), someone else can probably help you do that. But I suggest pressing Enter on Select All. Now, I haven't done this for a while, so I forget if you have to then tab to OK and press Enter to make the settings permanent and make the menu close. I think so. Be careful to do this if it's the right thing. You'll know if you press tab after selecting all, and come to an OK button. Okay. Now you're set up. Now, find the .mp3 file on your computer. Use My Computer or Windows Explorer to go to wherever it is. For instance, c:\my music\Christmas Carol.mp3. With that filename selected (so that Jaws is speaking it when you land on it), press Enter. and now, WMP launches, and the file begins to play. There are more adjustments you can make, but this is the basic idea. I hope that helps. our curotab untilh ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Hicks To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:01 AM Subject: Re: How does one listen to mp3 files Hello, you need a programme that will play .MP3 files, something like Microsoft windows media Player should do the job. You need to save the attachment then load it in to Microsoft media player. ----- Original Message ----- From: francis To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: jfw free lists Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:57 PM Subject: How does one listen to mp3 files hi folks, someone has sent me an email mp3 file but I can't hear it within outlook express as it is not set up properly, can anyone help please? -------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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