Re-installing did nothing. I turned off the anti-virus (AVG 2011), uninstalled and re-installed and the attachments came down OK. When I turned on the anti-virus, the problem returned. I am using the free version. I went back in and disabled the email checking only and it appears that the problem is resolved. Not sure what they did with their AVG 2011, but it appears to have created some severe incompatibilities. Been using AVG Free for years without any issues. Since the release of the new version, seems to have created several issues (wife used it as well and had problems with Hotmail).