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I just received an E-mail with 2 attachments with a ''gif'' format. When I try to open these attachments, which I expected to be a copy of a photograph, I obtain all kinds of strange objects, with no connection to the expected picture. My question is, how do I open a ''gif'' formatted attachment? My operating sytem is Windows XP, and I use Outlook express for reading my e-mails. Thanks!

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If you are sure that the Email attachment is from a reliable source and then content is potentially safe you can try to download the images to your computer and save it in a folder.

After you have saved the pictures, open the folder containing those picture files and try to open it with Internet explorer.

If it is not ready to open with Internet explorer then you should not try to open it with any other program. There are chances that either the file is corrupted or it contains a Virus or other harmful stuffs.

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