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Another Panther Mail issue: "Windows Friendly Attachments"
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: New Jersey, USA
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It just occurred to me a few minutes ago that I had heard about this option but hadn't come across it in preferences. So, after searching for a while, I finally found it under Edit -> Attachments -> Always send Windows-friendly attachments.
Can anyone offer a coherent explanation of why this is in the "Edit" menu, and not in Preferences? I only found it because I was going through every menu, item by item.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Better yet, does it work?!?
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Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Originally posted by gorickey:
Better yet, does it work?!?
Yeah good question. This is one issue that prevented me from using mail.app. I've been using entourage because I deal with Windows users a good bit and they were getting confused with the file + resource fork when I sent attachments.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally posted by neilw:
It just occurred to me a few minutes ago that I had heard about this option but hadn't come across it in preferences. So, after searching for a while, I finally found it under Edit -> Attachments -> Always send Windows-friendly attachments.
Can anyone offer a coherent explanation of why this is in the "Edit" menu, and not in Preferences? I only found it because I was going through every menu, item by item.
From some tests, I can confirm it does work....WOO HOO!
Also, this option is available to check when you actually go to "Attach" a file via the file chooser window...
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Madison, WI
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So what exactly changes depending if this is enabled or not?
(and why doesn't typing in "Windows friendly attachment" to the Apple Help system answer that question for me, Apple?)
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OS X: Where software installation doesn't require wizards with shields.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Originally posted by C.J. Moof:
So what exactly changes depending if this is enabled or not?
I'm not sure if it's program specific or not because I get these every now and then when using my PC, but sometimes Windows users will see duplicate file attachments when receiving e-mails from Macs. It's because the resource fork is being attached to the e-mail which results in PC users seeing two attachments of the same file. The resource file is much smaller, while the actual file will be the larger one.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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Originally posted by passmaster16:
I've been using entourage because I deal with Windows users a good bit and they were getting confused with the file + resource fork when I sent attachments.
The 'fun' thing is that one of the few apps in Mac OS X actually using resource forks is Word 
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JLL
- My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Originally posted by JLL:
The 'fun' thing is that one of the few apps in Mac OS X actually using resource forks is Word
Or anything that has a custom icon pasted on it, or anything that is set to launch with a custom application...
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