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Friday, March 03, 2006

MAIL MYSTERIES (Attachments)


Q: Whenever I send an email with an attachment, the recipient says that
there are no attachments. They say that the files and photos are embedded
into the email. How do I correct this? I spoke with someone at Apple, and
they didn't have a clue. - Ira Steingold.

A: Mail uses a technique that embeds the files into the email message, and
depending upon the receiver's email client, the attachments may not arrive
as you expect. There are two ways to deal with this issue. The first is to
make a folder on your Desktop and add files to it (pictures, etc). Now
Control-click it and choose ³Create Archive of 'Your Folder'.² This makes a
compressed archive of the folder in ZIP format. Drag the resulting archive
(it ends with '.zip') into your mail message. Another thing that might help
is to send attachments that are 'Windows Friendly.' To make this the default
setting when you send attachments, choose Edit>Attachments> Always Send
Windows Friendly Attachments.



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