Charlie,
Thanks much. Very informative. Jack C.
--- Charles Lincoln <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Jack Corcoran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (03/21/2001
> 2:41 PM):
>
> >problem arises when on-forwarding GIF and JPG files
> >received from others. Some of the recipients
> (WinTel
> >users) report their inability to open the files....
> >For the record, I am currently
> >operating with compression 'off" and "no encoding."
>
>
> Jack: You definitely need to encode - that's what
> combines the two fork
> mac files to a single string for transmission. I've
> had very good
> success sending files uncompressed and selecting
> Base 64 encoding for
> Windows users. Don't forget to add the appropriate
> .xxx extension.
>
> If you have StuffIt Deluxe, you can compress the
> file before sending
> (.sit or .sea for mac users, .zip for others; some
> recipients have had
> problems with the Windows Self-extracting files
> StuffIt makes). I've
> never used the compression option within Emailer.
>
> The default Emailer encoding is AppleDouble;
> supposedly it will encode
> for both platforms.
> If you wish to change the default go to:
> Setup->Accounts, double click
> the account you wish to use, select options.
>
> If you still have problems, search the archives at
> <http://www.tidbits.com>. They had an issue a while
> back on cross
> platform transfers.
>
> - Charlie
>
>
>
>
>
> -
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