.inx won't open in CS3

I've been having a recurring problem of having .inx files that won't open in a freelancer's InDesign CS3. I tried opening the files I sent her on CS3 at my house and I ran into the same thing (I'm fully updated and have the latest version of InDesign CS3 running v. 5.0.4.) The first time this happened, I didn't get a chance to troubleshoot, we just worked around it with pdf's. This time I did some experimenting.
I created three more .inx files...one I made a non-printing layer a printing layer thinking that could be problem, another I totally deleted that layer, and the last I cut and pasted everything into a new document and then exported another .inx. None of them worked on either of our CS3 programs.
Next I had my boss create an .inx file and send it too the freelancer…this didn't work either.
I didn't use any GREP in my styling. The file itself is pretty simple. There aren't any new to CS4 features that I'm using.
This is the second time I've had to go back and forth with the freelancer over this issue, and it's getting to be a bit disruptive to our workflow.
It should be noted. Not all .inx files aren't working. I sent one home of a personal project, and that one opened just fine. If I knew what was wrong with my file, then I maybe I could avoid this in the future. Could it be .indd files converted to CS4 from CS2 and then exported to .inx won't open?

Of course…I forgot. It gives the error message, and I'm paraphrasing, "file may already be open, there may be a missing plug-in, or InDesign may not support the file format." That's off the top of my head, but I'm sure you're familiar with it.
I did email them to her…and now that you mention it, the .inx that did work was sent in gmail, the one's that didn't were sent by the web version of Outlook. I think you might be on to something! I'll re-export the file and send it too her zipped.

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