Re: Email attachment extra file
Larry Pohl wrote:
I don't how to play with the settings in OE but if you send the
attachment as uuencode, only the data fork should be transmitted. We
really do have to baby these Windows people along.
I am having a similar problem sending .zip files to a PC which
receives two files. FILENAME.zip (the one sent which unzips) plus
%FILENAME.zip (which does not unzip). He forwarded my message back
and I also received the two files, both listed on the bottom, but my
original email only shows the one attachment.
The zip file was made with MacZip and I specified 'datafork only'.
Eudora is set to Apple Double ("MIME").
I searched my Mac for the files and found only one %FILENAME.zip in
the attachments folder along with FILENAME.zip, these had the same
date/time of return. Plus the original FILENAME.zip and also a
FILENAME.zip in the trash (0 K, cal 8 bit document) with the same
date/time as the original.
It does not happen if I send him .rtf files from MS Word 5.1a.
Diana
Re: Email attachment extra file
on 25/9/01 2:30 PM, Ron Seddon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] exclaimed: > Hi. > > Whenever I send graphics files as attachments to an email, which is just > about every email (usually pdf's), the recipient gets 2 files. One can be > opened and the other can't (and is usually smaller). It's annopying that > they call me and say they can't open one of the files I've sent to them, > then I have to explain why they can't open it (I'm only guessing but tell > them that it's a Mac resource that has become detached from the original > file... is this correct?). What is this extra file, how can I avoid the > reipient getting 2 files instead of 1. I am using Outlook Express 5.02 on > B&W G3, OS8.6. > > PS: I have used my website as a download site with a link from an email, and > this works OK but some people seem to like to get attachments, and become > quiet confused when I explain the process for downloading it from my site. > You probably have your attachment encoding set to AppleDouble. This literally splits your Mac file into two parts - one containing the resource fork and the the other the data fork. Most Mac recipients will receive the file as a single reconstructed file, but Windows users will get both files. They can generally open the data part, but can't make sense of the resource part. I always find the most successful thing is always to use Base64 encoding. This does strip the resource fork from the file, but in the case of PDFs and graphic files this is not a real problem since there is little useful information in the resource fork of these files anyway. I always use Base64 when sending PDFs to either Mac or Windows recipients, with complete success all the time. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Re: Email attachment extra file
At 2:30 PM +0800 25/9/01, Ron Seddon wrote: Email attachment extra file Hi. Whenever I send graphics files as attachments to an email, which is just about every email (usually pdf's), the recipient gets 2 files. One can be opened and the other can't (and is usually smaller). It's annopying that they call me and say they can't open one of the files I've sent to them, then I have to explain why they can't open it (I'm only guessing but tell them that it's a Mac resource that has become detached from the original file... is this correct?). What is this extra file, how can I avoid the reipient getting 2 files instead of 1. I am using Outlook Express 5.02 on B&W G3, OS8.6. PS: I have used my website as a download site with a link from an email, and this works OK but some people seem to like to get attachments, and become quiet confused when I explain the process for downloading it from my site. Many thanks I don't how to play with the settings in OE but if you send the attachment as uuencode, only the data fork should be transmitted. We really do have to baby these Windows people along. Larry
Email attachment extra file
Hi. Whenever I send graphics files as attachments to an email, which is just about every email (usually pdf's), the recipient gets 2 files. One can be opened and the other can't (and is usually smaller). It's annopying that they call me and say they can't open one of the files I've sent to them, then I have to explain why they can't open it (I'm only guessing but tell them that it's a Mac resource that has become detached from the original file... is this correct?). What is this extra file, how can I avoid the reipient getting 2 files instead of 1. I am using Outlook Express 5.02 on B&W G3, OS8.6. PS: I have used my website as a download site with a link from an email, and this works OK but some people seem to like to get attachments, and become quiet confused when I explain the process for downloading it from my site. Many thanks
