can't view bmps

[snookersfun]

I wonder if somebody could help me finding out what can be wrong with my IE8 settings that I can't view attached .bmp files on this PC here? (I do seem to see .jpeg and .gif files without a problem)

Also, if in the help section already, will we ever get all the lost older attachments back?

and, why is the colour menu blocked? Can we have it back?