Sharon wrote:
> I
>
> Iceman wrote:
>
>> "Sharon" wrote in message
>> news:c5am2n$2r0bou$...
>>
>>>I seem to remember seeing something about this problem before but a
>>>search of old messages didn't turn up anything. For the past two days
>>>whenever my husband gets an email message with any kind of attachment or
>>>even just a url, instead of just opening or opening with the normal
>>>program he gets a dialog box about trying to open the url or attachment
>>>with "application/octet-stream". Does anyone know what may have happened
>>>and how to fix it?
>>
>>
>> Since you appear to be using Mozilla, you could have a look at this
>> discussion thread:
>> http://tinyurl.com/225fh
>>
>>
> I am using Mozilla but he is using Netscape 7.0. Also that url would not
> open for me.
>
For this discussion, think of Mozilla and Netscape as the same. The url
refers to a Google Groups URL that's about two miles long, but it worked
for me just now. Try again.
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