My reply follows quote excerpts below. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >My Reply follows quote. On 26/02/2003 00:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>>Sometimes JPEG docs come through and other times they don't. I >>>can always download them through AOL 4.0 itself, even when only >>> the email and not the attachment is picked up by Emailer. Any >>>suggestions? >> >>I have exactly the same problem and I don't know why either. >>Recently my mail has been saying "this attachment could not be read >> by this version of AOL." >>just configure Emailer to retrieve it. They must know what version >> I used to have which is 4.0 just like you have. > Ken wrote: >Never seen this statement, though I get "[The picture or image >contained in this e-mail cannot be viewed using this version of >AOL.]" all the time. It is caused by folks who send mail with >pictures embedded in the >mail body, rather like a newsletter. The "this version of AOL" is >most likely a vestige of the days when Emailer was written and was >allowed access via a proprietary interface to AOL mail servers. >Access via that link must be "evidence" that the user is using an >"older" version of an AOL client (probably 2.7 or 3?). Perhaps these >two error messages are related?
Ken is correct about the error message. Apologies that I paraphrased the message without checking what it actually said. I receive exactly the message he quoted above in brackets. When I go to AOL anywhere and view the mail message, it does appear that the photo is embedded in the email rather than supplied as an attachment. Although there is a difference in the appearance of the mail icon, it may not be the "attachement" icon. I had not noticed that before. Perhaps I should ask the list members to send items as attachments rather than embed the photos. It might help a lot of people besides me. My version of AOL is/was 4.0 not any older. Someone advised that 5.0 was a nuisance so I never upgraded. Then I discovered I didn't even need it loaded on my new G4 computer to retrieve my AOL mail through Claris. I decided to use Earthlink since I was able to get an additional email address with a "free" mac.com email address, although that deal has now soured since the the mac.com address is no longer free. I wish I had saved the wording that described that offer, because I think it was "bait and switch." I never recall reading that the "free aspect" was for a limited time only. So is the problem with emailer not downloading/opening embedded photos or is the problem that I am retrieving through an AOL dialup connection via emailer? Susan, Overland Park, Kansas ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
