Re: Attached image sent as "application/octet-stream"

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My plain text setting is as you describe, but thanks anyway. This happened
when I sent messages in HTML format I have now changed the encoding from
Quoted Printable to Base64, and now the files are attached properly.

Why?

"Jim Pickering" <jim.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%232nH1SE$FHA.2812@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Check your options under Tools/Options/Send - Mail for Plain Text settings
> and make sure you are using MIME-None.
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
> Thanks.
>
>
> "dOinK" <tvanvik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:dnaaer$r28$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I'm using OE 6 on WinXP SP2. Whenever I attach a jpeg image, the file
>> "Content-Type" value is set to "application/octet-stream". Is there any
>> way I can make OE specify the correct type, namely "image/jpeg", when
>> composing and sending such messages?
>>
>> dOinK
>>
>


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