Mail: Send Windows Friendly Attachments

[p0intblank]

I'm just wondering... what exactly does Mail do to make my attached files Windows friendly? Thanks.

 

[Sogo]

well the window-friedlyness depends on the format of the attachment. If you send a .dmg, then your windows friend may not be able to open it.

 

[mad jew]

I think it just manually adds the file extension if it's not there already.

 

[IJ Reilly]

And strips the resource fork, IIRC.

 

[p0intblank]

The only attachments I send are image formats, like .png and .jpg. I was guessing it just adds the extensions since Windows depends on them. Thanks for the help.

 

[IJ Reilly]

In OSX, file extensions are always present but can be hidden or revealed in the Finder.

 

[Billicus]

And strips the resource fork, IIRC.

It does strip the resource fork? I've always wondered why this option made things so much nicer for my friends to open on a PC.

 

[JakeLee]

Does anyone know how to disable the Send Windows Friendly option so it's not always ticked when you first go to attach a file?

I find it really annoying because .jpgs i send to PC's don't get sent as attachments but get embedded into the message.

 

[IJ Reilly]

No need. The images are not "embedded" but actually attached. The exception would be if you are sending html-formatted e-mails (boo, hiss). How they are displayed on the other end depends on how the recipient's e-mail client is configured.