Thanks, Adam; very useful page. I liked the detailed version at <http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/attachments.html>.
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:44:41 -0600, Adam Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/19/04 12:27 PM, Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 12/19/04 8:12 AM, "Louise Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -snip- > >> One is that anytime I send an attachment, particularly a jpg, to an AOL > >> user, > >> they can NEVER open it. It arrives as a mime file and I have no idea why. > >> They email me back to please send them a jpg, but that�s what I�ve already > >> done. This is VERY frustrating. One fellow I do some business with says I�m > >> the only person he ever has this problem with. > > > > Wait for an AOL expert to answer. > > You rang? > > > It's an AOL problem. As far as I know: If you're willing to buy Stuffit > > Standard, that comes with DropZip, you can zip it and the people who receive > > the attachments can unzip them. > > I don't recommend zipping single attachments when sending from a Mac to a > PC, as you risk not properly stripping the resource fork (depending on the > file and the program that's doing the compressing). Use BASE64 and the image > should be received just fine by AOL. > > On the other hand, multiple attachments should be zipped as the problem > becomes dramatically worse when sending multiple attachments into AOL. (What > happens when you want to send multiple attachments with potential resource > forks? Sometimes I just send multiple emails to avoid the hassle.) > > I have details on sending attachments to AOL at > <http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/#attachments>. > > -- > Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Finger/Web for PGP & S/MIME > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lull.org/adam/ > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > > -- Allen Watson AppleScripts For You http://homepage.mac.com/allen_a_watson/AppleScripts_For_You/ -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
