Strange, since Outlook Express should have no problem opening .eml files since
it uses the very same format.
Contact the person that sent the message and ask if they may have renamed a .msg
file to .eml and then attached it. OE, natively, cannot open the .msg format. If
that's what they did, ask them to simply forward the original message to you.
Note: This newsgroup specializes in MS Outlook 97,98,2000,2002, 2003, and 2007.
You will be better served by posting your OE questions to a more relevant
newsgroup, such as this one:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
...or access via the web-based equivalent.
Supplemental info:
Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;257824
