>> 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? > >Oh, ho! FInally, something I know the answer to: what this means is that >Emailer >is calling StuffIt to compress the files before sending them. What might >happening is that it's not the files which are "busy", but that StuffIt is >having troubles somehow. What I'd recommend is unticking the box which >says >"Compress files", because PDFs don't compress particularly well, and >neither >PDFs nor RTFs really need the resource fork. Sending it uncompressed via >Base64 >will send it without the resource fork, but that may well end up having a >smaller file for transmission than a Stuffed file with the resource fork. >(And, >if it goes with compression turned off, then you know that you need to >reinstall StuffIt.)
Alas, I have never in my life ticked the box for "compress files," so there is no box to untick. :-( If CE is talking to StuffIt, it is without my knowledge and without my permission! Chris gave me the suggestion of using Apple Double instead of Base64. I tried that late last night and had some luck sending some test messages, BUT I ALSO HAD SOME LUCK SENDING TEST MESSAGES WITH BASE64. In other words, I've been trying to isolate conditions in which my problem happens consistently, but I have unable to do so. The problem seems to be sporadic and utterly inconsistent. Sometimes messages go out; sometimes they sit in my outbox for hours on end. It's a mystery. Another clue, maybe meaningless: this all began with trying to send jpegs. I use Graphic Convertor a lot to handle graphic files, and I thought I had set that as the default application for all jpegs. But when I was dealing with jpegs of the snowstorm on Sunday, all jpegs wanted to open in Apple's Preview. When I selected a jpeg and did a Get Info, I could not initially change the application to be used to open the file. I had to go into Graphic Converter, open the file, and then save it as a Graphic Converter file. This was strange, like Graphic Converter and Preview were fighting over the privilege of being my default graphic application. But just to make life interesting, last night I purposely created some Graphic Converter-linked jpegs and send them by email, and then I did the same for Preview-linked jpegs. And they ALL went out normally--using BOTH Base64 AND Apple Double! (BTW, when I have been sending out the jpegs, I have had both Preview and Graphic Converter shut down; they were not open.) Maybe it's time to let this thing rest a while. I'm no closer to a solution, and I seem to be limping along with the status quo. Thanks to everyone for your help. Bob Fowler ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
