Re: embeds vs attachments
From: Aardvark (djurmann_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/19/04
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:59:45 +0100
Thanks folks :-)
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <MillyS@donteventhinkaboutmailingmemvps.org>
wrote in message news:ehVvYsZJEHA.2704@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> No, only Outlook RTF format is the problem as only 2 mail clients can
> interpret the message format correctly. Outlook and Eudora.
>
> HTML has its own problems as many people routinely block HTML mail or use
a
> client (Outlook 97 or Pine for example) that cannot read HTML. Plain Text
> is always the safest bet when having formatting problems.
>
> --
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
> the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
> account will be deleted without reading.
>
> After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Aardvark asked:
>
> | Thanks folks!
> |
> | Thought for the day....if you use HTML format does the same problem
> | apply?
> |
> | Danny
> |
> | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
> | <MillyS@donteventhinkaboutmailingmemvps.org> wrote in message
> | news:%23hpxj0WJEHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> || One correction - the file is winmail.dat, not mail.dat.
> ||
> || --
> || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||
> || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
> || the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
> || personal account will be deleted without reading.
> ||
> || After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer,
> || ipmarketing@spamcop.net asked:
> ||
> ||| The issue is to do with the message format.
> |||
> ||| SMTP mail is in 7-bit ASCII and files are attached and
> ||| warppered to preserve the 8-bit data. However, MS mail
> ||| clients support 'Rich Text' allowing fonts, colours etc.
> ||| and allows attachments to be inserted in-line in the
> ||| document.
> |||
> ||| When a Rich Text document is sent the whole message is
> ||| wrappered in a file called mail.dat (from memory) and the
> ||| MS Client at the other end unwraps this and represents the
> ||| message formatted and with inline attachments etc. But, if
> ||| the recipient isn't using an MS mail client then they'll
> ||| get the plain body text plus a single attachment called
> ||| mail.dat which they won't know what to do with...and it's
> ||| more than just the actual attachement as it includes all
> ||| the Rich Text formatting of your message too.
> |||
> ||| So the solution is to send the message as plain text and
> ||| then attach your file. you'll then see the attachment at
> ||| the bottom of the page (or in the header in Outlook 2003)
> ||| and not in-line. Your recipient will then get the message
> ||| (in plain text) and your attachment fine :-)
> |||
> ||| .../Iain
> |||
> |||
> |||| -----Original Message-----
> |||| Dear all,
> ||||
> |||| A little confused. I attached a file to an email and sent it but
> |||| the person did not receivc the attachment. Looking at the sent
> |||| item it appears the document became embedded rather than
> |||| attached....but how and why could he not see it?
> ||||
> |||| Thanks,
> ||||
> |||| Danny
> ||||
> ||||
> |||| .
>
>
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