Hi Britt, On Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at 18:28:49 [GMT +0100], you wrote:
BM> How come that when I e.g. send a short message with a file included, BM> and the is for instance 3 MB, then The Bat! connections manager BM> tells me I am sending over 4 MB? Because it becomes that large as an attachment. Let me try to explain it as non-technical as possible: eMail was once designed as a medium for *text* messages. Back in those days, people thought one could use 7 bits for any character (which may be true for the English speaking part of the world). Now, if you want to send an attachment, it is interpreted as a stream of bytes, or 8 bits characters. To transfer this over the internet, the MUA has to convert the attachment, so that all characters match standard ASCII codes. Obviously, that means a loss of information (from 8 to 7 bits) which has to be compensated by producing bigger files. HTH -- Regards, Lars The Bat! 1.54 Beta/31 on Windows NT 5.1 Build 2600 ____________________________________________________________ | Lars Geiger | <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
