email pics appears in binaries?

[blindkilla]

I'm using an email server from readyhosting to check emails with big attachments(hotmail only supports 2mb). When i open email with pictures, most of the time, it shows a long list of numbers and letters. How can i remedy this vexing situation? anyone know?

[omendata]

I thought hotmail supported 4mb free???

What are you using to download hte mail ?
outlook express or is it web mail>>>??

if its the former :=

Sounds like a file associations problem or app integration issue.

Can you not save the files to hard disk first from your email app - save as attachment option - then load the pics from your app - ie photoshop - if you can then its one of the above.

Its pulling in the graphics data as ascii instead of binary data which will have a compression algorithm applied to it so the data will be random ascii (0-255) codes.

Give the save and open a go first.

Check your MIME settings!!!

[blindkilla]

I'm using web mail. There is no attachment. I just shows the piture.

you mean the explorer MIME settings?
I guess its the config of the email server.
thx for the extra info.