[TimTheCat]

I'm having trouble opening attachments from a mailing list.
The file is at the end of the message. When I click on it, I get a "mail couldn't find app to open" message, then I can choose TextEdit to open and read. The trouble is, I have to do this for every message.
If I save to Desktop, I can open it no problem, with TextEdit by dbl clicking it.
In the Get Info box, the app to open drop down menu shows "not applicable". If I try to "change all" to TextEdit, I get "not enough info, update?" error dialogue, but at the end of that, I still have no app to open the file directly from the email.
Clear as mud? What's going on? Why can't I just dbl click on the attachment in Mail and open the file? What obvious thing am I missing here??
Any help would be much appreciated!!
-tim

[berg]

Are you get infoing the message on the desktop or in mail?
Do the get info thing on the desktop and change your prefs there if you're not.

[TimTheCat]

I did do Get Info on the Desktop, didn't stick.
-tim