<html> <body> Hi, Dave, At 02:24 PM 12/29/2006, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Vince - What was that attachment?  What program opens it?</blockquote> It is not a usable attachment, per se.  If you open it with Word/Wordpad/Notepad, you will see that Vince is probably/possibly using Microsoft Mail, which likes to include a "dat" file with a bunch of encoded message-specific information (which is essentially meaningless to non-MS programs). Also, in terms of checking, the point is that, once again, the problem is not at all S&S-specific, but, since they are the self-proclaimed "standard piano of the world", everyone looks to them to behave that way. Best regards. Horace </body> </html>