can you send me the file off list? poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx I'll take a look at it but suspect it is in a format that macos does not recognize. On Sep 11, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Leo Bissonnette wrote: Hello David, Your suggestions and instructions for handling attachments were most helpful and appreciated. The issue/problem that I'll now describe might be an extension of it. Yesterday I was sent a compressed file containing a number of pictures. I am not able as of now to open these pictures. Could and/or has anyone had the same problem. If so, help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Leo On 2011-09-05, at 10:34 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote: > Hi all; > > If you are like me and don't like the way mail seems to handle attchments, if > you want to just sample the attachment without doing anything with it and > even if you want to do something with it, here's some you can do easily and > quickly: > open the message, vo down to the attachment, vo-shift-m on it which brings up > a context menu. you can do a number of things in this menu. My favorite is > "quicklook attachment" but I'm sure I'll use others too. > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > with his > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > reducing technology's disabilities > one byte at a time > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Jonnie Appleseed with his Hands-On Technolog(eye)s reducing technology's disabilities one byte at a time ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx