emails open as attachments?

[The Wassermans]

Okay, so now I have downloaded Thunderbird as recommended.

I am trying to emulate some preferences I had in Outlook Express.  ie,  I want to have my outgoing mails in the font you see here - Comic Sans MS but I want to receive incoming mails in the format they were sent.  I go into tools>options> etc but the font changes I make effect the display of incoming as well.  I've been round and round the mulberry bush but can't seem to configure my preferences suitably.  I have returned to OE to send this - to illustrate what I want.

Seems simple but . . . . . . 

Dave W
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sridhar Dhanapalan 
  To: The Wassermans 
  Cc: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com 
  Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:38 AM
  Subject: Re: emails open as attachments?


  I would strongly suggest that you use a better mail client. Outlook
  Express has many flaws, and it isn't even being developed by Microsoft
  any more.

  Mozilla Thunderbird is a good pick, as it's open source (built on the
  same foundations as Firefox), follows standards better and is far more
  secure. It has a migration wizard to easily move over from Outlook
  Express, and it's very cross-platform (works on Linux as well).

  Get it at http://www.getthunderbird.com


  On 25/01/2008, The Wassermans <dwass at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
  >
  >
  > There are a few contributors whose emails open as text attachments in my
  > Outlook Express.  Why does this happen?  Do I need to configure something?
  >
  > Dave W
  >
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan
  > To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
  > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:06 PM
  > Subject: Re: eeePC
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