Why are my e-mailed files all coming in as zipped?

It appears that you don’t have the software downloaded to read your zip files…like Aladin, perhaps. You don’t say what operating system you are using. I’m a mac user.

@MissA I have windows vista, and have the same programs as the people who are sending me e-mails- I can send them just fine. Receiving through gmail, however, is a completely different story. I opened an e-mail account with yahoo to receive them, and they come through normally. It’s not my preference to do that forever, though! :)

I’ve never encountered that problem. I would contact the gmail folks. It may be something there. That’d be my start. Good luck.