Ferrari Mailing List: Re: (OT) what happens when you post graphics with a Mac

[Charles Perry (charles]

Mine works fine with Outlook 2003 / XP Pro on various machines.

-- charles

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Handa [mailto:dave [at] davehanda.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:54 PM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] (OT) what happens when you post graphics with a
Mac

I am using Outlook, and have the same problem Dennis is
experiencing....at least it is not just me...



-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Liu [mailto:bigheaddennis [at] gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:10 AM
To: dave [at] davehanda.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] (OT) what happens when you post graphics with a
Mac

Hmmm... Just tried viewing Ken's email in the gmail web interface, and
it came out ok (pics were shown as attachments, not embedded).  It
appears funky when I open it in Outlook (yes, outlook is an obscure
email program than only a few geeks like me use...  :-)

Strangely, this happens almost everytime Dr. K posts something with a
graphic.  I end up having to open all the graphic attachments and the
attached .txt files, then trying to figure out what his (invariably
amusing) point is.  

A bit of googling points to a potential Macintosh/Outlook conflict?
(But this is ANCIENT, surely it must be solved by now?)  Dunno.  Don't
care, I guess, if I'm in the minority on this point.


>Macintosh files to be transferred via email: binary packaging and 
>transfer
encoding. Binary packaging, which is the realm of formats like
AppleDouble, AppleSingle, and MacBinary, deals with the problem of other
platforms not understanding that Macintosh files can have both data and
resource forks.
Transfer encoding, which is done via Base64 or uuencode, takes an 8-bit
file and converts it to 7-bit ASCII text that can survive the journey
through Internet email, which only guarantees safe passage for 7-bit
ASCII data. The BinHex format combines both binary packaging and
transfer encoding.

Here's where we vexed some people. Most email programs, including
Eudora, Emailer, and Outlook Express, call the process of formatting an
attached file for transmission "encoding," thus conflating the binary
packaging step with the transfer encoding step. That's not generally a
problem for users, but caused some confusion in our quiz for people who
know that Base64 (which garnered the most responses) is a transfer
encoding format, whereas AppleDouble (the runner-up) is technically only
a binary packaging format.

Now, you might be wondering, "So if AppleDouble is a binary packaging
format, how does it survive being sent in email?" The answer is that an
attachment, when packaged with AppleDouble and sent via email, is also
automatically encoded via Base64. Under most circumstances, that Base64
encoding is transparent to users on both ends. Let me explain more about
each email attachment format in turn.

Vty,

--Dennis

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