From: bob barkany (bob_at_barkany.com)
Date: Fri Jun 29 2001 - 07:07:52 PDT
Thanks for all the replies
I'm still a bit in the dark
Outlook express encodes the attachment for mac or pc or both.Is this enough
to get a pc to read the files?
When I tried stuffit to stuff the folder as a Pc readable folder, it turned
the folder into a .exe file and it didnt open on a PC
Is it simply a question of naming the file .zip to get it to open ona PC
That is what is confusing me I think
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Bob Barkany Photographer
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> From: "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst_at_home.com>
> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 09:50:06 -0400
> To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] offtopic .sit/.zip files
>
>
> on or about 6/29/01 9:23 AM, the following may or may not have been typed by
> bob barkany at bob_at_barkany.com:
>
>>
>> Can you wonderful people help me.
>> Its not newton related but you guys always come up with the goods.
>> As some of you know, I am a photographer and
>> I use a great program called Ivue to catalogue my work and it can make web
>> pages up of any number of images.
>> I have been trying to send small files of three or four images to
>> prospective clients as a taster via email rather than the usual
>> channels,phone , appt to show work etc.
>> no problem with macusers, but PC users cannot open the files.
>> How do I compress these files so that anyone can open them in explorer or
>> navigator or indeed Icab.
>> I dont want to attach an example so as not to use up too much space.If you
>> need to see it, I would gladly send it to you offlist
>>
>> Thank you all for a great new list
>> Bob
>>
>> bob_at_barkany.com
>> http://www.barkany.com
>>
>> Bob Barkany Photographer
>> +44 (0) 7973 666 243
>>
>
> From the context of your message, it sounds like you mean "encode" when you
> say "compress". AFAIK, virtually every e-mail app on Mac or Windows
> understands all the STANDARD methods of encoding (i.e., those established by
> a standards body, not just some "Microsoft" standard) such as uuencode or
> base64. Additionally, I *think* the major Windows e-mail apps understand
> the so-called AppleDouble format. At least, Outlook offers that as the
> option to encode for any computer. Every once in a great while I run across
> a Windows user that has some problem like this and it often traces to the
> local server/firewall assuming that all e-mail is encoded in a particular
> way, rather than CHECKING for the encoding type. The solution is invariably
> to force your e-mail app to use MIME/base64 encoding. I don't know a thing
> about Windows and don't have any need to, but it appears that this is sort
> of a default encoding choice in Windows. (Windows experts feel free to
> chime in.)
>
> Next thing to check out is... Are you putting the proper file extension on
> the file? (i.e., .jpg for JPEGs, etc.) Without it, Windows doesn't have
> any idea what app to use to open the file.
>
> Finally, if you truly are interested in compression, you *can* use StuffIt.
> Windows folks will need to download the free decompress utility. Or, with a
> modern version of StuffIt, I think you can make a Windows self-extracting
> archive. Or you could just compress it as a .zip file. Your Mac users will
> be able to decompress it with StuffIt, and the Windows folks will also be
> able to use it.
>
> - Eric.
>
>
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