I don't think I made the problem clear enough, Michael. The whole process is done in PHP with the mail() function. It is activate once daily by the server.
I found some new code today that may solve the problem. I'll know tomorrow. Thanks for you input, Mike Michael M Milligan Web Developer (818) 909-9209 www.mmmilligan.com <http://www.mmmilligan.com> -----Original Message----- From: Michael Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 7:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: mime mail problem Michael Milligan wrote: >Hi Michael, thanks for the response. The answers to your questions. > >1. Does your client receive Excel files as .cvs, or .xls? > >Don't know that yet. So many middle men between me and them I probably won't >till tomorrow. > >2. Does your client receive the Excel files as "Attached files? > >That's the way they are being sent. And that is supposedly how he has been >receiving them from others. > >3. Does your client receive the Excel files as "Inline files? > >No. > >4. Is your clients' e-mail application set to open .cvs files in the >Excel application? > >Problem is he's not even getting attachments. He's getting the mime stuff as >body text. > >5. If you create a cvs file and save it to a floppy, then rename the >file to something new, can you send yourself the renamed file from the >floppy and have your Excel application open it when received? (Renaming >the file assures that Excel cannot open a copy from your hard drive.) > >I actually compile it myself from a dbase dump, put into base64 and sent it >with what I think are the appropriate mime instructions. Myself and one of >my partners have no trouble receiving it as an attachment and opening in >Excel. > > >Thanks again, >Mike >Michael M Milligan >Web Developer >(818) 909-9209 >www.mmmilligan.com <http://www.mmmilligan.com> > > > > >-- >Character is doing the right thing... >Even when no one is watching... >http://www.armadilloweb.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:23 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: mime mail problem > > >Michael Milligan wrote: > > > >>Anybody savvy on mime mail from PHP? >> >>I set up a mime mail to attach and send excel csv files and tested the heck >>out of it. It works great my own Outlook 2000 email client, but when the >>same file is sent to the client he gets all kind of mime stuff as text( see >>below). This client gets other excel files as attachments, so...? Could it >>be application/csv that's messing it up? >> >>Here's what my client got: >> >> >>X-Priority: 3 >> >>Content-Type: multipart/mixed; >> >>boundary="<<<:e91a3275780f77986424ba25b45a5f4e" >> >> >> >>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >> >> >> >>--<<<:e91a3275780f77986424ba25b45a5f4e >> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >> >>Text appeared here that was supposed to show up in the email body... >> >> >>--<<<:e91a3275780f77986424ba25b45a5f4e >> >>Content-Disposition: attachment; >> >>Content-Type: application/csv; name="EDOC0-08-04-03.csv" >> >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 >> >> >> >>Rmlyc3QgTmFtZSxMYXN0IE5hbWUsQWRkcmVzcyxBcHQsQ2l0eSxTdGF0ZSxaaXAgQ29kZSxUZW x >> >> >l > > >>cGhvbmUsICxNYWpvcixFbWFpbCBBZGRyZXNzLENhbXB1cyxMZWFkIFNvdXJjZQpQcmlzY2lsbG E >> >> >s > > >>IEpvaG5zb24sIDIxMjI4IEdhcnkgRHJpdmUsIDEwNSwgQ2FzdHJvIFZhbGxleSwgQ0EsIDk0NT Q >> >> >2 > > >>LCA1MTAtNTgxLTQzMTcsIFBNLCBNZWRpY2FsIEFzc2lzdGluZywgcHJpc2NpbGxhZWpAY3MuY2 9 >> >> >t > > >>LCBIQUMsIEVET0MwMwpMbG95ZCwgRm9yZCBKci4sIDc0MCBMYSBQbGF5YSwgIzIyNSwgU2FuIE Z >> >> >y > > >>YW5jaXNjbywgQ0EsIDk0MTIxLCA0MTUtMzg3LTM0ODUsIEFNLCBTb2Z0d2FyZSBUZWNobm9sb2 d >> >> >p > > >>ZXMsIHh4cHJvcGVyb25leHhAeWFob28uY29tLCBTRkMsIEVET0MwMwo= >> >> >> >>--<<<:e91a3275780f77986424ba25b45a5f4e >> >> >> >>____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ >>To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the >> >> >words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > > >>To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: >> http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub >> >>________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ >> >>You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% >> >> >> >> >> >Hello Michael, > >A couple of questions first. > >1. Does your client receive Excel files as .cvs, or .xls? >2. Does your client receive the Excel files as "Attached files? >3. Does your client receive the Excel files as "Inline files? >4. Is your clients' e-mail application set to open .cvs files in the >Excel application? >5. If you create a cvs file and save it to a floppy, then rename the >file to something new, can you send yourself the renamed file from the >floppy and have your Excel application open it when received? (Renaming >the file assures that Excel cannot open a copy from your hard drive.) > >A cvs file is nothing more that a data file with tab, comma, or space >delimiters; if the file is received as an "Inline attachment" then he >would see the content of the file in the body of the message. > >Michael Gordon > >-- >Character is doing the right thing... >Even when no one is watching... >http://www.armadilloweb.com > > > > >____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ >To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the >words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. >To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > >________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > >You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > >____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ >To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. >To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > >________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > >You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > I think you have isolated the problem. MIME TYPE instructions. Mime instructions in e-mail do much the same as in a web site, for a HTML e-mail program they instruct the mail reader how to display the attachment in the message window. Try sending your client the CVS file attachment without the mime instructions, the same way you send an image attached file. Just to be cautious keep in mind there are 2 ways to send an attachment by pasting the file in the compose window (inline), or by attaching the file to the message (click the "Attach" button above your compose window. Michael Gordon -- Character is doing the right thing... Even when no one is watching... http://www.armadilloweb.com ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. 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