>Something you might try is changing the "wrapper" to your file and see if >that makes a difference. For example, first drop your file into Stuffit >and then see if you can email the stuffed file.
The first and only try at this was immediately successful. The .sitx file went out without a hitch. What would be the best, most universal compression format to use? zip? I suppose I could resort to compressing files, as long as I know that anyone could expand them > >Also, have you trashed the preferences for the program creating the file >you want to email? No--this would involve trashing preferences for too many different applications! >>The error log says that the problem comes when CE is "preparing >>messages." Then comes the part about "file was busy." How does CE >>"prepare messages"? What is involved in that? > >It is encoding the message so it can send it. Try changing your encoding >method, maybe something has gone wrong with the plug in that handles >encoding. Also, make sure you aren't compressing the attachment. I have always used Base64. Is there another encoding choice that will work OK? I've never had CE do compression. > >It makes sense that it would fail at this stage if the file is in use. It >needs to read the entire file so it can encode it. If another application >has the file open for any reason, then Emailer can't read the whole file, >and has to error out of the encoding process. > >I'm going to guess the problem isn't specifically with Emailer and may in >fact be something else with your machine that is causing the file lock. Its aggravating because every so often, a message with an attachment does get out. It's not 100% consistent. Bob ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
