Re: Weird extension
Hello Markus Gloede, On Tue, 28 May 2002 15:28:57 +0200 GMT your local time, which was Tuesday, May 28, 2002, 8:28:57 PM (GMT+0700) my local time, Markus Gloede wrote: Hi, Ask your correspondents to add a creator specific extension to their files before they send them to you (even though the extension aren't needed in a MacOS environment), e.g. they should add .doc to MS Word files. If possible they should also check if they can set their mail programs to omit the resource fork (that's the part you don't need). And remember that certain formats on the Mac may not be readable on the PC unless the file is created to be read on the PC. Also sometimes a new release may be out on one system and not on another. I remember a case where a friend had to fly to the nearest place in Thailand to get a pirate copy of the latest pagemaker 7 so he could read the files which had just been send to him... Locally in his village v7 wasnt in stock... When you send files between platforms better make sure the person getting the files can read them... -- Best regards, tracer Using theBAT 1.60m mail to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] C.C.S. Associates FAX (USA): (208) 460-3753 pgp 6.5.3 : 0x909D9B10 Current Ver: 1.60m FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
Weird extension
Hi, guys whenever I receives e-mail from Eudora users with attachments along I've problem to open it, coz the extension is kinda weird to me for instance data.zip; x-mac-type=4A504547; x-mac-creator=4A565752 this is really annoying, coz I gonna search for the proper application to execute the file rather than it open by itself anyone can enlighten me with this??? is this BAT's security against the virus??? are there any solution to solve it once and for all??? just for ur info, I've ZoneAlarm installed I've tried disabled it but to no avail Best regards, Jason Primary e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] My PGP Public Key at : Current Ver: 1.60m FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
Re: Weird extension
Hi, Jason wrote in msgid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : whenever I receives e-mail from Eudora users with attachments along I've problem to open it, coz the extension is kinda weird to me for instance data.zip; x-mac-type=4A504547; x-mac-creator=4A565752 this is really annoying, coz I gonna search for the proper application to execute the file rather than it open by itself anyone can enlighten me with this??? MacOS files need no extensions (XLS, DOC. etc.), yet they may come with an additional part that isn't of use on other systems. So you may receive two attachments for every file the sender originally attached. If I'm not mistaken MacOS mailers should be capable to 'flatten' such files so that only one attachment shows. As to the missing extension - see further down below. Also read: http://www.ufaq.org/navcom/multilinks.html is this BAT's security against the virus??? No. are there any solution to solve it once and for all??? Ask your correspondents to add a creator specific extension to their files before they send them to you (even though the extension aren't needed in a MacOS environment), e.g. they should add .doc to MS Word files. If possible they should also check if they can set their mail programs to omit the resource fork (that's the part you don't need). HTH. Regards, Markus -- Using The Bat! 1.60c under Windows NT 4.0 Build 1381 Service Pack 6 Current Ver: 1.60m FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
Re: Weird extension
Hello Jason! On Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at 2:23:48 PM you wrote: whenever I receives e-mail from Eudora users It's not Eudora but MacOS (Apple). and I'm quite sure that the said user cannot do anything (useful) about it, except that he knows all the DOS/Windows file extensions. For MS Word it is DOC. -- Dierk Haasis http://www.Write4U.de http://Interest.Write4U.de/pongo PGP keys available: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=SendMyPGPkeys The Bat 1.60m on Windows 95 4.0 1212 C Computer games don't affect kids: If Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music. (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989) Current Ver: 1.60m FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
Re: Weird extension
On Tuesday, 28 May 2002, Jason wrote: J just for ur info, I've ZoneAlarm installed I've tried disabled it J but to no avail It's the ZoneAlarm MailSafe that's changing the extension (you can see that in the ZA logs). Have you tried turning off MailSafe? (I haven't, so I don't know if it solves the problem, but it should.) I don't know any way around it. I keep attachments in the message body, and save them to a folder when I want to work with them, so it's not a major problem for me to change the name when I'm saving. Nevertheless, it is annoying sometimes when I just want to quickly check something in an attached file. Dierk and Marcus said it's a Mac problem -- it's not. I know one of the people I get these files from is using Eudora 5.1 on a Win2K PC. A typical example from the message source is: Content-Type: application/msword; name= 0515ThymidineOrg.doc; x-mac-type=42494E41; x-mac-creator=4D535744 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=0515ThymidineOrg.doc As you can see, the doc extension is in there. The MailSafe log line is MS,2002/05/15,23:41:52 +10:00 GMT,thebat.exe,Renamed email attachment 0515ThymidineOrg.doc; x-mac-type=42494E41; x-mac-creator=4D535744 to 0515ThymidineOrg.doc; x-mac-type=42494E41; x-mac-creator=4D535744,N/A -- Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Bat 1.60i Windows XP 5.1 Current Ver: 1.60m FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
