On 4/11/02 4:02 AM, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Note: if you send a file that has a Macintosh Resource Fork (e.g. A graphic
> file with a preview & custom icon) the windows recipient MAY receive two
> files - the first (with the original file name) being the data fork, and
> useable to him, the second (the original name with an exclamation mark
> preprended) is the stuff from the resource fork and is useless to those on
> windows.

And if those two files are sent to an AOL user on either platform, they will
receive some kind of MIME message and call you up and say "I can't see the
photo!" (family AOL newbie experience).

The solution is to encode for Windows (Base64/MIME); no compression. That
will strip out the the resource fork and only send one file. Unless it's
over a certain size (AOL's restriction) it will show up inline where newbies
can see it without any extra steps.

Mark


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