[PLUG] Attachments not received

[Chris Penwell]

	Generally speaking, (Unless I just had one of the Good Brownies..)
if an attachment is not received, it's because:

	A: the receiving mail server strips it out, (unusual with .pdf and
.zip; though given the nature of the last round of Windows viruses, more and
more are stripping out .zip attachments)
-or-
	B: the recipient is using either Outlook or Outlook Express, in
which case the aforementioned email client is making the call to hide the
attachment.

If it's A, then you may need to rename the file in order for it to go
through.
If it's B, then either they need to turn off that mail hiding capacity (and
most likely exposing themselves to malware,) or (if they are using
Exchange,) see if that attachment type can be ignored.

I've run into situations here at work where AOL strips out .pdf and leaves
.exe alone..

Bass Ackwards If you ask me but whatever.. Just makes it more inconvenient
for me.

Anyhoo, anybody else got any ideas?
_______________________________________________
Chris Penwell


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org 
> [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Rich Shepard
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 12:04 PM
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: [PLUG] Attachments not received
> 
> 
>   I seem to encounter more incidents when I send a client (or 
> prospective
> client) information attached to an e-mail and receive a 
> return mail that the attachments were not received.
> 
>   Based on a previous thread here I suspect Microsoft is 
> protecting the poor recipient by determining that the 
> attachment is malware and not letting it be seen. Ergo, my 
> question: what can I do to prevent or reduce the number of 
> such incidents?
> 
>   Most of the files I send are .pdf. However, when there is a 
> collection to send I package them using plain, ol' .zip so 
> the winduhs users can extract them. I suspect that it's the 
> zipped file that sometimes causes the problem. Of course, I 
> may be completely wrong in all this.
> 
>   Are there steps I can take to ensure the delivery of 
> attachments on the first try?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
> Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) <http://www.appl-ecosys.com>
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