On Sun, 26 May 2002 02:04, et wrote: > just where in kmail are you seeing these choices? (the menu is different > between a "compose" window to send mail and the mail client window to read > mail, but for me, all I have to do to send an attachment is click on the > paper clip and find the file,,,, base 64 and rot 13 have more to do with > how *nix systems tranfer info over the net than anything else, and as long > as the reciever can recieve in base 64 or rot 13 it should have no problem. > do you recive attachments ok? > > On Saturday 25 May 2002 09:47 am, you wrote: > > On Fri, 24 May 2002 21:18, Michael Adams wrote: > > > What the... KMail allows three choices for attachments: > > > > > > None (8-bit) > > > Base 64 > > > Quoted Printable > > > > > > Two seem to want to send a few bytes of something. And from what help > > > says it seems "Base 64" relates to PGP encryption. I just want to hook > > > a OO.o .doc file to an e-mail to send to the head tutor without > > > embarrassing myself again. How? > > > > Ok, i was wrong again. Base 64 does not relate directly to PGP > > encryption. This still seems to be the only method that will attach the > > whole file though and not just 6 to 8 bytes. > > > > This is a hex dump of the 6 bytes attached if i try the "None (8-bit)" > > method on a .doc 51K file. > > d0 cf e0 a1 b1 e1 > > What is happening here? Is this method only relevant for ASCII? > > > > Can Outlook Express users accept Base 64 encoded attachments? > > > > I do not connect the virus catcher to the net. I really want to use KMail > > to post these attachments to people that do (use Outlook). > > > > Running KMail 1.3.2 on 8.2
The menu in Composer (or the paperclip) bring up a File i/o dialog box. Once the file is selected, then there is another dialog box "Message part properties" that gives you the encoding options. Base 64 seems to be the only one that attaches the file. -- Michael
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