L.D.,
I followed your suggestions, MIME encode and save offline to outbox and
arachne performed like a charm!!!
these suggestions should be part of a FAQ on Arachne!
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, L.D. Best wrote:
> Andy,
>
> To send BitMaP files as attachments, the FIRST thing you do is ZIP
> them!! Use ZBM as the extension. i.e. pkzip -ex andi.zbm andi.bmp
>
> There could be other reasons for SMTP errors uploading attachments, but
> did you ever stop to think just how BIG even the smallest BMP is after
> it's encoded to attach to mail? Arachne could be working flawlessly,
> and your ISP's servers could still have a hissyfit over the size of the
> message.
>
> First: Check to make certain than a encoding selection has been made;
> MIME is preferable because it takes up less space than UUEncoded.
>
> Second: Instead of "Send mail NOW" select Save to OUTBOX; you'll be
> able to check to see if the file attached successfully PRIOR to starting
> the mail upload. I've made it a rule of thumb to always save messages
> with attachments to OUTBOX, even though I have cable modem and 24/7
> on-line high speed access; that way I can check to make *certain* the
> attachment I want is where I want it.
>
> Third: If the message checks out AOK in the OUTBOX, all attachments
> there where they belong, then send; if you get another SMTP error then
> you should check your SMTP.LOG file to see what happened when ... even
> if you don't understand it, someone here is likely to. Normally you
> don't need to be filling your HDD up, and taxing the processor to both
> send & write that log file, but when there are problems it's time to
> turn it on.
>
> l.d.
> ====
>
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 20:50:28 +0000, Andrew Geoghegan wrote:
>
> > Dear Arachne list,
>
> > how do I attach and send files using Arachne?? I enter: "c:\ANDI.BMP" in
> > the Attachments part of the mail composer yet I keep getting SMTP upload
> > errors (: how do I attach files using either the mail composer or the
> > sending files icon and menu?? I've tried "file:c:\ANDI.BMP" yet same
> > error message (:
>
> > please help, as this is so frustrating (:
>
> -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
>
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