Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04953
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "George Rix" rix.g@bmts.com
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 06:08:17 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Attachments
> If the recipient has an adequate system setup attachments should be no
problem.
> The only real problems with attachments is when the deluded MAC minority start
> trying
> to send and recieve attachments to the majority of PC users ! somthing to do
> with the way mac encodes an attachment.
If we can stop being discriminatory for a moment...
> If you are having problems find out what the sender was attaching (file type)
> and the package he / she was using and contact your ISP.
> As long as its not one of these free but crummy service accounts your ISP
should
> be able to help.
>
> Rob D
>
> AKA "Powerbuilder"
It is the e-mail application (in most cases) not the platform that is the
problem. For instance, I can send images from Claris Emailer to anyone
without problems, but no matter what I try, they don't work if I send them
with Outlook Express.
Signing off,
Rob Rix
P.S. I've found that Base64 encoding usually works.
'If anything can possibly go wrong, it probably already has'-Murphy's law
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