From: Johannes Wolf (jwolf_at_xe.estec.esa.nl)
Date: Fri Jun 29 2001 - 07:51:24 PDT
Hello Bob,
sorry, it was not clear enough. I would propose the following:
1) check if your files have the right format (jpg or gif), converting them into the jpg format you already compress the file
2) make sure that the right extension is added to the filename (xxxxxxxx.jpg)
3) if you want to put the files into an archive use a program which is able to produce ZIP-format
4) make sure that your ZIP-File has the right extension .zip, otherwise rename it accordingly
5) what email program you are using? Make sure that the option for encoding attachments is set to MIME encoding, which is the todays most used encoding (via Internet only ASCII characters can be transmitted, so the files have to be coded first and decoded from the receiver, normally the Email programs will do that automatically)
This should work.
Good luck!
Johannes
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Von: bob barkany [SMTP:bob_at_barkany.com]
Gesendet am: 29 June 2001 16:08
An: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Betreff: Re: [NTLK] offtopic .sit/.zip files
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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> 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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