blank emails

When I open Windows Mail, my emails come up as they should, but I've also got several 'blank' emails each time with no sender, no subject, and no content (at least that can be displayed in WM). Any ideas/assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks, Brian

We'd really need to look at the headers of the email message in question to have a clue. Is Knology scanning your messages and perhaps deleting content? Have you asked them?
24.214.143.102 CustName: KNOLOGY Holdings, Inc. Address: 1241 OG Skinner Drive City: West Point StateProv: GA -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Brian Rowell" <Brian Rowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

When I open Windows Mail, my emails come up as they should, but I've also got several 'blank' emails each time with no sender, no subject, and no content (at least that can be displayed in WM). Any ideas/assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks, Brian

"Brian Rowell" <Brian Rowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

When I open Windows Mail, my emails come up as they should, but I've also got several 'blank' emails each time with no sender, no subject, and no content (at least that can be displayed in WM). Any ideas/assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks, Brian

I get these, too, but I also get them in Outlook Express. I just delete them and don't worry about it.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup.

That's the strange thing...they come through with absolutely no headers, no addressee information, and no body. I'll check with Knology to see if they know of any potential cause on their end. According to a later reply, someone got them in OE too, so maybe they're just an existing fluke. I just don't remember them (at least not in this quantity) in the current system.
Thanks, Brian
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

We'd really need to look at the headers of the email message in question to have a clue. Is Knology scanning your messages and perhaps deleting content? Have you asked them?
24.214.143.102 CustName: KNOLOGY Holdings, Inc. Address: 1241 OG Skinner Drive City: West Point StateProv: GA -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Brian Rowell" <Brian Rowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message When I open Windows Mail, my emails come up as they should, but I've also got several 'blank' emails each time with no sender, no subject, and no content (at least that can be displayed in WM). Any ideas/assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks, Brian

I find that all my saved Sent messages appear blank and to unknown addressee, but if I go to normal Hotmail, the message and addressee is still intact

"Alun K" wrote in message

I find that all my saved Sent messages appear blank and to unknown addressee, but if I go to normal Hotmail, the message and addressee is still intact

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/blnkmess.htm
Several possible causes and therefor several possible fixes: 1. Go to Start | Run and type regsvr32 inetcomm.dll and press <Enter> If this doesn't work carry out step 6 and then repeat this step. 2. Go to Tools | Options | Read | Fonts and set Western (ISO) as the default. 3. Clear Temporary Internet Files and the Temp folder. 4. Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus. 5. Someone else reported that re-installing OE using the last method in this article fixed the problem: How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378 Method 2 works on earlier versions of Windows. 6. Eliminate any scumware. See Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm especially http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch
Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip **Post your HijackThis log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.** Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder may be found on this page: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm. If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem try step one (regsvr32 inetcomm.dll) again.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Reply in newsgroup "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security"

Jim
There is no message source No headers no nothing they are blank. I have attached one from my out box and one from my inbox. It seems to happen when I post to a news group.
-- Dilly itsdilly@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~itsdilly/ http://community.webshots.com/user/savalier People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message

We'd really need to look at the headers of the email message in question to have a clue. Is Knology scanning your messages and perhaps deleting content? Have you asked them?
24.214.143.102 CustName: KNOLOGY Holdings, Inc. Address: 1241 OG Skinner Drive City: West Point StateProv: GA -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Brian Rowell" <Brian Rowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message When I open Windows Mail, my emails come up as they should, but I've also got several 'blank' emails each time with no sender, no subject, and no content (at least that can be displayed in WM). Any ideas/assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks, Brian

Hi Dilly: Those are usually caused by the sender having an antivirus program scan in/outgoing mail. I just delete them via a message rule, i.e., where the From does *not* contain a, e, i, o, or u, mark it read, and delete it and stop processing more rules. Works well and I never see the stupid things. I have another similar rule for blank Subject, so usually one or the other will get them.
If you use an antivirus program to scan incoming and outgoing mail, disable it and see if the problem is fixed. Email scanning is a waste of time since your basic AV program (if updated daily) will protect if you should ever attempt to open or save an infected file. It consumes processing time, causes delays in sending, and has been known to cause users to lose all of their stored mail messages.
But, it helps keep Steve in beer money with his myriad of programs for recovery <G>. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Mildred Savalier" wrote in message

Jim
There is no message source No headers no nothing they are blank. I have attached one from my out box and one from my inbox. It seems to happen when I post to a news group.
-- Dilly itsdilly@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~itsdilly/ http://community.webshots.com/user/savalier People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message We'd really need to look at the headers of the email message in question to have a clue. Is Knology scanning your messages and perhaps deleting content? Have you asked them?
24.214.143.102 CustName: KNOLOGY Holdings, Inc. Address: 1241 OG Skinner Drive City: West Point StateProv: GA -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Brian Rowell" <Brian Rowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message When I open Windows Mail, my emails come up as they should, but I've also got several 'blank' emails each time with no sender, no subject, and no content (at least that can be displayed in WM). Any ideas/assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks, Brian

I will turn off AV for mail and see what happens but its still a bug LOL And there were reports from people that had no AV running. No beer for Steve today :)
-- Dilly itsdilly@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~itsdilly/ http://community.webshots.com/user/savalier People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message

Hi Dilly: Those are usually caused by the sender having an antivirus program scan in/outgoing mail. I just delete them via a message rule, i.e., where the From does *not* contain a, e, i, o, or u, mark it read, and delete it and stop processing more rules. Works well and I never see the stupid things. I have another similar rule for blank Subject, so usually one or the other will get them.
If you use an antivirus program to scan incoming and outgoing mail, disable it and see if the problem is fixed. Email scanning is a waste of time since your basic AV program (if updated daily) will protect if you should ever attempt to open or save an infected file. It consumes processing time, causes delays in sending, and has been known to cause users to lose all of their stored mail messages.
But, it helps keep Steve in beer money with his myriad of programs for recovery <G>. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Mildred Savalier" wrote in message Jim
There is no message source No headers no nothing they are blank. I have attached one from my out box and one from my inbox. It seems to happen when I post to a news group.
-- Dilly itsdilly@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~itsdilly/ http://community.webshots.com/user/savalier People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message We'd really need to look at the headers of the email message in question to have a clue. Is Knology scanning your messages and perhaps deleting content? Have you asked them?
24.214.143.102 CustName: KNOLOGY Holdings, Inc. Address: 1241 OG Skinner Drive City: West Point StateProv: GA -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Brian Rowell" <Brian Rowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message When I open Windows Mail, my emails come up as they should, but I've also got several 'blank' emails each time with no sender, no subject, and no content (at least that can be displayed in WM). Any ideas/assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks, Brian

For the short time I was using Windows Mail, I noticed that every once in a while I would get new emails, but they would be completely blank. No From, no To, no Subject, no nothing. This doesn't happen when I'm on Windows XP using Mozilla Thunderbird or Outlook Express, but it did when I was on Windows Vista using Windows Mail.

Sounds like you had your settings in Tools/Options/Read to "Read all in Plain Text." Clear that option and try the blank messages again. Notice any difference?
If not, check your Encoding choices and set them to Windows (European or ISO) and see if that helps.
WinMail is not really a completed product at this point. But it's a beta program so bug it. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"CreeperKamikaze" wrote in message

For the short time I was using Windows Mail, I noticed that every once in a while I would get new emails, but they would be completely blank. No From, no To, no Subject, no nothing. This doesn't happen when I'm on Windows XP using Mozilla Thunderbird or Outlook Express, but it did when I was on Windows Vista using Windows Mail.

I understand it's not a completed product, the blank email thing was something that kept me from fully enjoying Windows Vista, and unfortunately, I won't know if your solution has helped because I formatted my PC and went back to Windows XP.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Sounds like you had your settings in Tools/Options/Read to "Read all in Plain Text." Clear that option and try the blank messages again. Notice any difference?
If not, check your Encoding choices and set them to Windows (European or ISO) and see if that helps.
WinMail is not really a completed product at this point. But it's a beta program so bug it. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"CreeperKamikaze" wrote in message For the short time I was using Windows Mail, I noticed that every once in a while I would get new emails, but they would be completely blank. No From, no To, no Subject, no nothing. This doesn't happen when I'm on Windows XP using Mozilla Thunderbird or Outlook Express, but it did when I was on Windows Vista using Windows Mail.

"CreeperKamikaze" wrote in message

For the short time I was using Windows Mail, I noticed that every once in a while I would get new emails, but they would be completely blank. No From, no To, no Subject, no nothing. This doesn't happen when I'm on Windows XP using Mozilla Thunderbird or Outlook Express, but it did when I was on Windows Vista using Windows Mail.

Windows Mail is also subject to ghost messages. Some of these are real and appear in my OE too, but some are exclusive to Windows Mail. I expect that to be fixed by RTM.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com Please reply in newsgroup. Do NOT send email.

Sounds like you had your settings in Tools/Options/Read to "Read all in Plain Text." Clear that option and try the blank messages again. Notice any difference?

The problem with that is you get to see even more of the unwanted SPAM. Not all of it is caught by SPAM filters, and I much prefer to see the SPAM poetry instead of the "need a bigger ****" messages.
Steve