Hello Thomas, On Friday, August 5, 2005 at 3:22:11 PM Thomas [TF] wrote:
MB>> I get them from time to time from a friend who uses Apple Mail; in her MB>> case, they happen only when she's FWDing a message. TF> From Apple users I sometimes get attachments without extension. I TF> usually have to save them, add ".doc" to the filename, and can open TF> them. Investigation suggests that they misconfigured their Entourage TF> software. Further investigation should show a significant number of them has not misconfigured Entourage, but in fact have *no* extensions at their files, because Apple users don't need them. Apple stores (I know at least for versions <= 9 for sure) the program necessary to open the file as meta-data, so an assignment using file extension ain't necessary. They do therefore save the file as "Contract" and *see* the Word-Icon. You have to save it as "Contract.doc" to get the same result. This is a "problem" when communicating with Apple users not aware of this, because everybody else they send the file, using an Apple of course, has no problem opening the file, as "Content-Type" is set in mail and destination Apple uses this Content-Type to determine the necessary application. You can have a look at message source to find the Content-Type for not having to guess if you need to name the file ".doc" or ".xls" or even ".jpg". HTH -- Regards Peter Palmreuther (The Bat! v3.51.10 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2) A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
