Podcasts/ mp3 coming in as "movie file"

That's weird. I used to import podcasts and other large mp3 files into itunes all the time. Now when I do so they come in as "movie files" even though they have the mp3 extension and they clearly are mp3s. I have a video ipod and am running panther.
My workaround for the problem is to convert the file back to an mp3, but it creates a file that is more than twice the size.
Any ideas?

Tell them to zip it first. Their email client...most likely Outlook for Windows...is not configured properly.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304245

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