I am using Windows XP Home and Outlook Express for my e-mail. I successfully
receive tens of e-mails per day. However, I have a problem opening one
friend’s e-mails. If this friend sends me an e-mail, it comes in with an
..eml attachment which I can open without problem. If he forwards me an
e-mail, it comes in with an .email file extension which, when I try to open
it, gives me a message that there is no file association and will not open.
I have marked the .email file extension in "file associations" to open in
Outlook Express but this does not help. My friend uses MSN as his internet
provider.

I can open the .email file extension by saving the attachment to my hard
drive and changing the .email to .eml or by going to my internet provider’s
e-mail program and opening the sent e-mail. Both are a little cumbersome and
I’m wondering why Outlook Express won’t handle this?