Cant attach files to email

i have been using safari 2.0.3, everything has been working fine when just the other day i go to attach a file to an email i was sending out, it went to the safari can't open page and says this:
Safari can’t open the page.
Safari can’t open the page “http://by111fd.bay111.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/doattach”. The error was: “POSIX error: Is a directory” (NSPOSIXErrorDomain:21) Please choose Report Bug to Apple from the Safari menu, note the error number, and describe what you did before you saw this message.
i have reported the bug, tried to attach it on my hotmail, yahoo, even other peoples addresses and it always says this. have tried to update, but i have all of them. so not sure what is up. any suggestions??? i need to send this!!!! thanks for all the help!

So is the problem with Hotmail?
I'm just guessing, but Safari 2.x is getting a bit old. It could be that it just can't handle hotmail anymore.
It's also possible that a re-install of Safari, or deleting Safari plist files could help. But, if everything works with FireFox and/or Camino, that would probably be the better route.
hth
Jeff

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