[macvoiceover] Re: Sending attachments to Windows users
- From: "Russell Solowoniuk" <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
- To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:02:03 -0600
Hi Marty,
Thanks for that. In my case, the file names didn't change, only the extension.
And the extensions that changed had short file names too. Where is the check
box that says send windows friendly attachments? Maybe my friend doesn't have
this checked.
Thanks again,
Russell
From: Marty Rimpau
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 11:28 PM
To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Sending attachments to Windows users
Hi Russell, I don't know how common this is, but I have had times where, if the
file name is too long in mail, when it gets back to the windows machine, the
file name and extention are changed to something like unnamed attachment.att
and I have to change the file name and extention back to what they were before
sending the files from the mac, and then, they'll open, and this, even though
the check box is checked that says send windows friendly attachments. I've also
bounced messages with attachments from the mac to the windows machine, only to
find, that even though there's an attachment, it can't be opened, unless I save
the attachment first on the mac, and then, send it to my other account, as I'm
currently storing my mp3's and things on the windows machine.
On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 14:44:35 -0600, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
Hi all,
A friend of mine has an iMac. She sent me six spreadsheet files that she
created using MS Excel for the Mac that she wanted me to print for her. I'm
still using Windows XP (but not for long - grin>), and Office 2007.
Anyway, four of the six files were fine and showed up with the XLSX
extension, but two of the files had a .DAT extension. She created them all
in the same way. I changed the extension back to .XLSX and was able to open
and print the files. Does anyone know why some file extensions would be
changed to .DAT? Is this a common problem when sending attachments from the
Mac to PC platform?
Thanks,
Russell
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