The MIME format used to encode email attachments has no structure for
folders so to attach a folder of files many email apps will zip them
into a single file and then send that as an attachment. That said, a
Word doc usually is one monolithic file so unless you somehow picked the
containing folder rather than the exported word doc the mail app
shouldn't be applying zip to your attachment. Now a pages document
actually is a folder so if you somehow are attaching a Pages doc and not
the converted Word version that would explain it.
CB
On 1/22/14 6:35 AM, Jessica D wrote:
it is just one file.
why would apple mail zip files and not tell you? i have never seen this as an
issue before.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:34 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote:
If you have the file selected you can do a command-I to get info on the file
and the Size field will tell you how big it is. In general 10MB and under
should go through ok with most email providers. The internet standards for MIME
encoded attachments have no size limits but that doesn't mean one service
provider or another doesn't impose one. MIME also adds about a third again of
overhead so emailing a 3MB file will take about 4MB of space, pushing you over
the 10MB limit sooner. I know Outlook and some other email clients have options
to automatically zip attachments but I was unaware of Apple Mail doing this. I
have heard it will zip a folder. Are you attaching the actual file or a folder
of files?
CB
On 1/21/14 5:27 PM, Jessica D wrote:
i have no clue, how would i find out?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 21, 2014, at 5:24 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote:
How big are the files you are trying to send? Maybe something is trying to
'help' you along the way by zipping the files.
CB
On 1/21/14 5:04 PM, Jess wrote:
Hello,
I am having extreme difficulty sending word and/or excel files to people who
have older versions of windows. It sends them as .zip files instead of .xls,
csv, or .doc. why could this be?
Jessica
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