On Oct 9, 2006, at 5:35 PM, bob black wrote: I sometimes receive messages with attachments containing clever animated GIFS, which I would like to forward to friends. I can download them to my desktop, drop them on Safari or one of my other browsers, and the GIFs will remain in animated form on my desktop. When I try to forward them as attachments from my desktop, however, the animation disappears. Neither can I forward the original message without losing the animation. I have worked many hours without success to solve the problem, but I have gotten nowhere. I shall be most grateful if anyone can tell me how I can transmit the GIFs in animated form. I am using a PPC G-5 with OS 10 4.8. _______________________________________________ Are you using HTML or Rich Text? I forward mine that way from my e-mail. Sometimes I use Plain Text and forget to switch back. Then my forwarded animations don't go through. Carol