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Email & Spam Issues - Viewing .txt messages...???? posted in the Web & Networking forums; Hello Groupies: I often receive email messages containing attachments with .txt messages. (XP with O/E) However, when I open them, all I see is a bunch of "spaghetti." What must ...

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Old 06-06-2007
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Hello Groupies: I often receive email messages containing attachments with .txt messages. (XP with O/E)

However, when I open them, all I see is a bunch of "spaghetti."

What must I do/install to view .txt messages??? Thanks!


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Hi Billintacoma,

Welcome to The PCHF!

the .txt file extention is for notpad, try right click on the file then choose the "open with" option, choose the notepad and that should open the mail in notepad letting you read it.
let us know how you get on.


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A right-click on the file while in O/E produces only "open." "Open with" becomes an option only if I drag the .txt file to the desktop.
However, it is still scrambled, using either Notepad or Wordpad.
Plan "B"?????? Thanks!


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post one of the the files here so we can have a look at it and take a sceen shot of how it appears on your PC. We should be able to work it out then


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The entire message is too large, and wouldn't fully paste into this window, but here's a sample-serving of the spaghetti:

/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAYABgAAD//gAcU29mdHdhcmU6IE1pY3Jvc29mdCBPZmZpY2X/2wBD
AAoHBwgHBgoICAgLCgoLDhgQDg0NDh0VFhEYIx8lJCIfIiEmKz cvJik0KSEiMEExNDk7Pj4+
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AQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQACAwQFBgcI/8QAQBAAAQQBAgMGBAQEBgICAQUAAQACAxEEEiEFMUEG
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Hi there mate.

Which version of outlook are you using? It seems to be a problem with outlook setting the encoding for the message, the 'spagheti' you pasted is base64 encoded text.


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