Re: Entourage 2004 - Missing Characters

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As Co-editor of a scientific journal I send manuscripts to practically
All countries in the free (and not so free) world. This is done in text-
Only format (called crystallographic information files) so that they are
Usable in even the most technologically deficient countries. I realize
That I could send these files as attachments, zipped or otherwise, but
That assumes the person on the other end can handle them in that form,
A bad assumption to make. Thus it is necessary for the e-mail program
To allow me to paste my text-only documents directly into the body of the
E-mail message. Apparently there is a bug in Entourage which prevents
This from working properly. If you would like to confirm the bug, and
I would be most appreciative, create a 100K plain-text message and send
It to yourself. If it comes back with lots of missing characters then
My problem is not an isolated one and should be brought to the attention
Of Microsoft. In the meantime I will get acquainted with the Apple
Mail client which works flawlessly with my large files.

Paul Robinson


On 8/5/05 1:36 PM, in article BF18FFA7.AA9C2%berkowit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Paul Berkowitz" <berkowit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 8/5/05 10:54 AM, in article BF191281.A06%robinson@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Paul
> Robinson" <robinson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I often have the need to send large (100K or greater) plain-text files.
>> After upgrading to Entourage 2004 I find that these files arrive at
>> Their destination with random characters missing throughout. If the
>> File size is small enough the problem goes away. I have gone to Apple
>> Mail because it handles these files fine. However, I prefer the extra
>> Bells and whistles of Entourage. I am using a G4 Powerbook, 1.67MHZ and
>> Panther 10.3.9. I have also tried this on an iMac G4 "lamp" with the
>> Same result.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> I never heard of this happening, but you could surely avoid this by sending
> the files stuffed or zipped. Although Entourage offers the convenience of
> Compression (Stuffit) directly from the message window (click Attachment
> area open, click long button within, choose Compression: Macintosh), that
> might not be too convenient if you're sending to Windows recipients who
> usually don't bother to get Stuffit Expander (also Mac recipients in Tiger
> might not have it). Instead, zip the files before sending. In Tiger, that
> works perfectly (control-click the file and choose Archive). I'm not 100%
> sure that 10.3.9's format unzips perfectly on Windows computers. Try it out.
> If not, get Stuffit Standard (or Deluxe) with DropZip, or choose this moment
> to upgrade to Tiger.

.

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