There are a few different theories as to why the attachment icons are coming thru the rootsweb mail....as well as other lists. One person made a lot of sense when he stated that the sender of the original email had some type of .html coding in the email....any type....that did not and would not come thru the list but would have the icon showing. Yet another theory is that it could be any number of settings within the program of the receiver of the email Joyce Gaston Reece