mac hotmail attachments prob

[psycho bob]

I cannot send attachments via hotmail they always come out scrambled at the recipients end. They are usually jpeg or tiff files which open fine at my end in native apps like photoshop. They can even be sent via msn or ichat without probs but hotmail just messes them up. This happen to anyone else.
Soon as I send the same files via hotmail on a pc they work fine. What's going on. I've tried using both the latest versions of safari and explorer but the result is the same.
Guess this is why I need a .mac account.
Thanks for reading.

[floatingspirit]

Hi,

I also have trouble with hotmail, though slightly different from you.

With Safari, I can't open any attachments that I receive at hotmail. The site just keeps asking me to sign in, even though I already am. However, if i use Explorer, I can get them.

Sometimes, when I get attachments from pc's at my .mac email account, I can't open/read them, unless I open them through webmail access on a pc.

Also, when I send attachments from my .mac email, pc's seem to get 2 items per attachment I send; one nothing item and the actual attachment itself.

This isn't helpful info, but at lease you know your pain is shared.

[psycho bob]

it's just a really strange problem. Using the beta version of safari I couldn't log into to hotmail fullstop but then with version one found it had been fixed so went back. This however has never been fixed. But it also happens (if memory serves) when using explorer so it must be a mac/hotmail issue rather than simply the browser!?

[jeffy.dee-lux]

yeah, i also get the whole please sign in thing when i try to download an attachment through safari. works fine with IE though.
someone go tell apple or microsoft, tell them to get their acts together.
hahaha

[Phazer80s]

I'm pretty sure it's Microsoft's fault. It seems one step away from banning Safari users outright. Sheesh.

And on a related note, check my sig.:

[floatingspirit]

Originally posted by jeffy.dee-lux

someone go tell apple or microsoft, tell them to get their acts together.
hahaha

nice one

[Coca-Cola]

Hey, I have the same problem, but only with my .mac account and my Adelphia cable connection. Works fine everywhere but home. I can't send photo's in any format without scramble and corruption. You don't by any chance have Adelphia Cable? If so, write a letter to tech support, as their phone support staff is utterly clueless.

[psycho bob]

Fraid not I'm on NTL in the uk. Its a really strange prob but is becoming increasingly annoying. I have no probs login in but hotmail really gets screwed up. When writing emails there are no advanced format options.
I was going to get a .mac account but it sounds like people are having problems there also. Must be either a mac/microsoft issue or mac/service provider. As I may have said PC hotmail attachements work fine both reading (on a mac or pc) and sending. So it's not a hotmail/service provider issue.

[BenRoethig]

Originally posted by Phazer80s
I'm pretty sure it's Microsoft's fault. It seems one step away from banning Safari users outright. Sheesh.

And on a related note, check my sig.:

For me it has. I haven't been able to access hotmail from either Safari on my iBook or Netscape on the family Compaq for about a week. IE works fine on both platforms though. I smell something fishy going on.