Please excuse the faux pas of requesting technical help for a genealogy program, but I probably am not the only person who has encountered the problem, and others would likely want to know how to solve the same issue. I recently received an attached file, in MIME format (I think) of a gedcom file. I downloaded it directly to FTW (Family Tree Maker for Windows), changing the last three letters to ".ftw". When I tried to open the file, FTW refused to open it, claiming it was damaged or already opened. I contacted AOL (yes, I know, FTM and AOL, am I crazy, or what), which was little help. I knew that I was in trouble when the support person asked, "What is a GEDCOM file?" He did suggest that I download a DEMIMEING share ware program, EUDORA 144, which did not solve the problem (SURPRISE!). Can you please help me. I have three files like this, each containing about 4,000 names on three different family lines. I would like to access the information without requiring the sender to send a disk, which would not necessarily solve the problem. Please reply to: Scott Mills AltonMills@aol.com