Apple Mail: attachment problems
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From: Tegger on 15 Jan 2008 09:57 A supplier is sending me messages from his very new Macintosh with Apple Mail. These messages have attachments. When I (as a PC user) receive the messages, attachments are missing entirely in Thunderbird and are present but not decodable in Outlook Express. The supplier has the "Send Windows-friendly attachments" box checked. I have traced the problem down to one line in the base-64 header which immediately precedes the attachment data. Specifically, it's the "Content-Id:" line. If I open up the message source, remove this line and resave the message, the attachment is then available normally in both Thunderbird and Outlook Express. My question: is there some way of telling Apple Mail not to put the "Content-Id:" line in the header? -- Tegger
From: Jerry Keller on 15 Jan 2008 14:19 Jerry Keller writes: Make sure that the atachment is the last item in the email. After your signature or any other text material. After your last text entry, hit retun placing the cursor entry point after all text. then move your attachment via drag and drop from its folder to that end insertion p[oint. Jerry On 2008-01-15 09:57:52 -0500, Tegger <tegger(a)tegger.c0m> said: > A supplier is sending me messages from his very new Macintosh with Apple > Mail. These messages have attachments. > > When I (as a PC user) receive the messages, attachments are missing > entirely in Thunderbird and are present but not decodable in Outlook > Express. > > The supplier has the "Send Windows-friendly attachments" box checked. > > I have traced the problem down to one line in the base-64 header which > immediately precedes the attachment data. Specifically, it's the > "Content-Id:" line. > > If I open up the message source, remove this line and resave the message, > the attachment is then available normally in both Thunderbird and Outlook > Express. > > My question: is there some way of telling Apple Mail not to put the > "Content-Id:" line in the header?
From: Tegger on 15 Jan 2008 19:37 Jerry Keller <jerrykel(a)comcast.net> wrote in news:2008011514192216807-jerrykel(a)comcastnet: > Jerry Keller writes: > Make sure that the atachment is the last item in the email. After your > signature or any other text material. After your last text entry, hit > retun placing the cursor entry point after all text. then move your > attachment via drag and drop from its folder to that end insertion > p[oint. Thanks. I'll pass that along. But when I study my supplier's message source, it appears he's already done this. I don't think this problem has anything to do with where the attachment is placed, it has solely to do with that pesky "Content-Id:" line in the base-64 header. Unless Apple puts that line in there only when the attachment is not at the absolute bottom of the message, which would be kind of retarded. How come Apple is the only one that uses a "Content-Id:" line? What possible purpose could it serve other than to mess everybody else up? Who does Steve Jobs think he is? Bill Gates? -- Tegger
From: ""lewis on 18 Jan 2008 06:32 On 17-Jan-08 19:54, in article Xns9A28DE7EFF7BEtegger(a)207.14.116.130, "Tegger" <tegger(a)tegger.c0m> wrote: > It is interesting that /both/ email clients choke on the Content-Id line > when it appears in messages from somebody else. Nah, it's only interesting that Thunderbird chokes. Lookout choking is no surprise at all. ;) I found this, though it's about SENDING attachments. Still, it might help: <http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2005/12/forcing_thunderbird_to_treat_o.h tml> I did forget that Thunderbird has some 'issues' with attachments. Hmm.. I just fired up Thunderbiord 2.0.0.9 and pointed it at my IMAP account and went to a mail I'd sent from Mail.app with several photo attachments. Thunderbird displayed it fine.
From: ""lewis on 18 Jan 2008 06:59
On 18-Jan-08 04:32, in article C3B5DC65.D036%gkreme(a)gmail.com, ""lewis(a)Gmail"" <gkreme(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hmm.. I just fired up Thunderbiord 2.0.0.9 and pointed it at my IMAP account > and went to a mail I'd sent from Mail.app with several photo attachments. > Thunderbird displayed it fine. OK, tell your Mac user to sent in PLAIN TEXT instead of Rich Text (My mail send Plain Text only). Your attachments will show up fine. |