------ Forwarded Message From: Jennifer Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:40:17 -0500 To: Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Its me
Hi Jim, Two things (and I'm assuming this guy is using Outlook Express): It sounds like his mailbox may need repair (notice I didn't say "corrupt") and he probably should try reinstalling it; secondly, he may have picked up some sort of virus (even if it's gone now, it may have done damage) or malicious program. Thirdly, he may have his mailbox set to not accept messages over a certain number of kilobytes, which would cause the message to be broken apart or his ISP may have something set like that. I know when my mailbox is TOO FULL messages start breaking up, which signals me to empty it (I'm talking several thousand messages) and run the repair disk (I use Outlook 2000, though, and do have a disk to do that). The repair disk always fixes it even if I don't empty anything. Jennifer Dynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Jim Dynes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:57 PM To: Jennifer Dynes Subject: Its me Hi Jen, I have a question concerning PCs & email attachments. First of all read the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry le Mac wrote: > Whenever I send files with Mail (OS X.3.4) the receiver gets two > copies, one which is the real file and one much smaller and > unopenable. This isn't a problem as such as the other one is > only about 10% in size, but annoying as everyone keeps > telling me that one file is corrupt or whatever and can I send > it again. > > I cannot find any attachment encoding setting (I recall something > like this in Micro$oft Outlook Express in OS 9). > > Any tips ? > > May or may not be relevant, before I got this Mac I used OS 9 with > Outlook and I think I had a similar problem there but not sure... > > > Larry > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > Hi Larry This topic has been discussed here before and I think it came down to something to do with resource forks, as I understand it the attachment is broken down into various bits and sometimes they don't get put together again properly, hence "file cannot be opened" "file is truncated" especially, i've found, with jpegs. This seemed, to me at least, to be pretty much a mac xmailer (the Mail app) problem, I use thunderbird for my email now and it is far superior at handling attachments IMHO. I think it was Bruce who gave the best explanation of why it happens, if yoou search the G-List archive you may be able to find the relevant threads. Hope this helps. -- Sean Lewis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- First of all this guy Larry lives in Sweden and I don't know if that is an issue or not. Second of all, I remember hearing somewhere that PCs get confused with an extension of .mpeg verses .mpg. Yes, No? And what do you think about this guy's problem? I don't remember you & I having much of a problem in this area. Regards Jim ------ End of Forwarded Message -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
