From: Victoria and Monte (vandm1_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Jun 29 2001 - 14:32:44 PDT
Bob,
Are you sending a .html page along with images? If so your problem
may be with the 'text' HTML file. Macs and PC's have a different
end-of-file character. And again the PC's are clueless for display.
Stuffit Deluxe has a translation option to change text eof.
>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
>--
> bob_at_barkany.com
>http://www.barkany.com
>
>Bob Barkany Photographer
>+44 (0) 7973 666 243
>
>> 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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