someone forwarded me something and all I got was Attachment

someone forwarded me something and all I got was Attachment message5.txt
I attempted to open it and got a notepad box with 0.
Why is this?
Also someone had forward me something which I did receive however when I tried to forward it something turned it into a message5.txt attachment.
why is this and how can it be corrected?
Posted by Vaughn at 2005-04-29 02:59:27
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250MB from MSN Hotmail