First things first. Go up to the apple icon in the upper left hand corner and pull down to "software updates" the current OS version for Panther (which is what your using ) is 10.3.9. There were several mail updates between 10.3.3 & 10.3.9 so maybe that by itself will correct your attachment issue. Doug LaBore On 8/9/05 10:01 AM, "Catherine Mc Shane" <cmcshane at utanet.at> wrote: > I am an relatively experienced Mac user. I am using Mac OS X (10.3.3) on > an eMac. My Internet Service Provider is Earthlink. Sometimes when > downloading my Email into the Mail application, Emails which include photo > attachments arrive in my InBox with the photo doubled. I would often like > to forward these Emails on to family members. The problem is that even > though the photograph appears twice in the Email, the "attachment" icon > which shows what it is and how big it is, only appears once. I had been > using the eMac for about 8 months before this started happening. > > Has anyone else had this problem, or does anyone have any ideas about how > to prevent this doubling of the attachment? > > Catherine