Eudora 6.0 for Mac question

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Calvin - 01 Jan 2007 05:40 GMT

Hi all,
Looking for clarification.
I am using Eudora 6.0 on a Mac Intel Mini. OXS 10.4.8

When I send an attachment: video or picture, the recipient receives 2
files. The 1st file is small, usually only a few kb. 2nd file is full
size. This extra file that is sent confuses people, me too.

Example: sending a movie to a friends gmail account. 1 file sent, 2
files received. Any settings on Eudora I can change to fix this?

Thanks.

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Anders Eklöf - 01 Jan 2007 11:47 GMT

> Hi all,
> Looking for clarification.
> I am using Eudora 6.0 on a Mac Intel Mini. OXS 10.4.8

First, I recommend getting the latest (=last) version, 6.2.4.

> When I send an attachment: video or picture, the recipient receives 2
> files. The 1st file is small, usually only a few kb. 2nd file is full
> size. This extra file that is sent confuses people, me too.

The small file in either the resource fork or Finder metadata. It's
perfectly normal Mac specific information and should normally be ignored
on the receiving end unless that's a Mac, too. Webmail accounts like
gmail at notoriously bad at handling attachments in general and Mac
specific multiple attachments in particular.

> Example: sending a movie to a friends gmail account. 1 file sent, 2
> files received. Any settings on Eudora I can change to fix this?

Yes. Go to Settings -> Attachments and change from "AppleDouble
("MIME")" to Uuencode data fork. This is not recommended (I think) and
any mac specific information *will* be lost. If you can live with that,
change it, else tell your friends to ignore the metadata file.

Anyway, Happy new year!

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