I think I have resolved the 'Attachments go astray' mystery.
Checking in the Help of Eudora I found the following entry:
What do the Parts and Cache folder in my Eudora Folder do?
Document ID: 1574HQ
The Parts folder is like the attachments folder, except that
it's used for images sent along with HTML images.
The Cache folder is like a browser's cache folder; it's used
for local copies of images fetched from the net via
http.
When I turned on the Blah Blah in Eudora's menu after opening one of
my son's emails with an attachment I found a block of html, and the
attachment had gone to the Parts folder.
My son later sent me an email in plain text with an attachment and it
went to my Attachment folder. In both cases Eudora is doign its job.
Is Mail, by default, set to compose in html?
Merv
At 4:46 PM +0800 15/1/07, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote:
Neil
Placement of the attachment is an interesting one. In Eudora when I
add an attachment an icon appears in the Header just below Bcc. My
son said he just clicks anywhere in the body of the email, above or
below the signature, and says 'attach'. Yes, the images do come up
in the email I receive as well as getting the feral files.
Other than Eudora I have only used web site mail, and those clients
all had a specific spot - usually at the bottom - for identifying
the file name being attached. I'm surprised Mail hasn't something
similar, or perhaps it has, and he has overlooked it.
Merv
At 4:23 PM +0900 15/1/07, Neil Houghton wrote:
Hi Merv,
I don't use Mail or Eudora myself, so I may be way off the mark, but I
wonder if the info:
Content-Disposition: inline;
Is the clue. Is he perhaps pasting/inserting the images into the body of the
message rather than sending them just as attachments. I know with entourage
sometimes I just see images as attachments to messages whereas other times
they appear in the body of the email (but also show as attachments) - I've
always assumed that the difference was whether the sender inserted or
attached the image. Maybe Eudora files straight attachments in the specified
Attachments folder but files inserted attachments into the Parts Folder in
the Eudora Folder. Should be easy enough to check by getting him to send
both types.
Good luck.
Neil
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on 15/1/07 4:54 PM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 8:08 AM +0800 15/1/07, Robert Howells wrote:
On 15/01/2007, at 7:53 AM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote:
One of my sons is using an iMac with OS 10.4.8 and has Mail has
his client.
I use Eudora as my mail client.
When he sends me an email with an attachment the attachment goes to
the Parts Folder in the Eudora Folder. Clearly Eudora considers
the attachment as an item of a different type.
As other people sending me attachments result in their attachment
going to my specified Attachments folder I am wondering what
setting my son might be using in Mail that causes Eudora to place
it in the Parts Folder.
I am not familiar with Mail, but perhaps someone who is might be
able to make a suggestion.
Thank you.
Merv
There does not appear to be any preference in Mail that would affect
an attachment ,
so I wonder ...... does your son have files with names that
include or exclude the
file extension name.. eg .jpg .doc .xls
and do the other attachments include or exclude the file extansion ?
Bob
The photos he sends have been processed in Photoshop (CS) and the
typical accompanying info is:
Content-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: image/jpeg;
x-mac-type=4A504547;
x-unix-mode=0644;
x-mac-creator=3842494D;
name=MumKaye.jpg
Content-Disposition: inline;
filename=MumKaye.jpg
The file located in Eudora Parts folder is, in this instance, named
MumKaye.jpg
I am not aware of any inclusions or exclusions being applied. Where
would he do that?
In all other cases (other senders) the extension is shown.
Merv
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