RE: [IMail Forum] MAC's and attachment issues

[Brian Andrus]

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The issue is that on a Mac, all files really have two physical files. One is the "fork" file, which basically tells what application is assigned to the other file. This is how Macs know what application to use when you double click, since they have no extensions.   You learn to live with it really. If you were on a Mac getting the files (and you had the same application the fork file points to), it would work out for you, but on a windows box, it is superfluous.   Brian Andrus Millenia Internet Services, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Randy Armbrecht Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] MAC's and attachment issues It's not an issue of files not having extentions on file names- the attached files are named correctly.....   Randy Armbrecht Global Web Solutions®, Inc. 804-346-5300 x102 877-800-GLOBAL (4562) x102 http://globalweb.net http://e-globalweb.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Maurice Mcfarlane To: IMail Forum Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] MAC's and attachment issues Sometime on 17/5/2002 9:23 AM, "Randy Armbrecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said something like: Anyone else have issues with receivng messages with attachments (i.e.: jpeg's) from MAC users?  We have always received them fine - with a twist - that is we receive 2 files with same name attached - one is actual graphic file (i.e. 50K), other seems to be a data file (i.e. 2K) - never have a problem opening the graphic file... There is a problem using IMail and Mac’s. Basically Mac’s don’t use extensions on the end of the file name by default. If you email an attachment like this IMail seems to have problems and the attachment becomes un-readable. To resolve this issue just make sure that all files are saved with an extension on it. Maurice Mcfarlane IT Manager International Pacific College Palmerston North New Zealand Phone:             64 6 3540922 ext. 801 Fax:                64 6 3540935 Mobile:        027 243 8495 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ipc.ac.nz