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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / June 2008Location of Eudora Attachments?
What determines the location of attachments to incoming mail? I set the location to a folder but some items go to the Parts Folder and some to the Spool folder. I'm using Eudora 6.2.3. Thank you. > What determines the location of attachments to incoming mail? You do that in the "settings". In my case, it is the sixth icon from top, labeled "Attachments". You can select here the encoding method for outgoing attachments, the folder for incoming attachments and the application to open text-only attachments. > I set the location to a folder but some items go to the Parts Folder and > some to the Spool folder. These are parts of HTML messages, and not mail attachments as such. Of course, if somebody sends you a picture and embeds it in HTML, you have hard work to search for it. But you could just drag the image out of the message window, if you are lazy (as I am). > I'm using Eudora 6.2.3. 6.2.4 here. Best wishes, Christian  SignatureChristian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Hilfe fuer Strassenkinder in Ghana: http://www.chance-for-children.org > > What determines the location of attachments to incoming mail? > > You do that in the "settings". In my case, it is the sixth icon from > top, labeled "Attachments". You can select here the encoding method for > outgoing attachments, the folder for incoming attachments and the > application to open text-only attachments. You also can set up a filter to move attachments to a different folder for messages that meet the criteria you set. SignatureKathy > > > What determines the location of attachments to incoming mail? > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > You also can set up a filter to move attachments to a different folder > for messages that meet the criteria you set. OP back. It is the attachments that end up in the Parts Folder in the Eudora Folder that has me confused. Why some go there rather than to the "settings" folder and if that can be changed. Thanks for any info. > It is the attachments that end up in the Parts Folder in the Eudora > Folder that has me confused. Why some go there rather than to the > "settings" folder and if that can be changed. See my message before: these are not real attachments, but parts of HTML messages. Christian SignatureChristian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Hilfe fuer Strassenkinder in Ghana: http://www.chance-for-children.org In article <1iifg9k.aaqzzmk8rxtcN%christian080515@chance-for-children.org>, > > It is the attachments that end up in the Parts Folder in the Eudora > > Folder that has me confused. Why some go there rather than to the > > "settings" folder and if that can be changed. > > See my message before: these are not real attachments, but parts of HTML > messages. Thanks again. Now I remember. Short term block. :-( So then no way to keep from going to Parts folder and I just need to go there if want to save those "attachments." Appreciate the help. > So then no way to keep from going to Parts folder and I just need to go > there if want to save those "attachments." You could just drag them out of the message where they appear to the desired location. > It is the attachments that end up in the Parts Folder in the Eudora > Folder that has me confused. Why some go there rather than to the > "settings" folder and if that can be changed. I don't think that can be changed, but I really don't know for sure. SignatureKathy In article <1ii8irt.1trvhge154ne0vN%christian080515@chance-for-children.org>, > > What determines the location of attachments to incoming mail? > > You do that in the "settings". In my case, it is the sixth icon from > top, labeled "Attachments". You can select here the encoding method for > outgoing attachments, the folder for incoming attachments and the > application to open text-only attachments. Eudora is not putting attachments into the Attachments Folder. When I open a message with an attachment I get the spinning beachball then blink -- Eudora crashes. I am sure the Attachments Folder is in the Eudora folder in my personal Documents Folder, but I keep finding the attachments in the Parts Folder (which has 579 items in it). Whenever I open Settings the Attachments Folder it is pointing to the Eudora application folder. Obviously it is not keeping my settings. I looked at the Eudora Log and found this: Sun Jun 15 22:08:18 2008 MAIN 524296:0.10.9 Out primary toc missing MAIN 524296:0.0.0 Out secondary toc missing MAIN 524296:0.0.0 TOCDates(Out): -43 MacBook late 2006, 10.4.8, Eudora 6.2.4. > Eudora is not putting attachments into the Attachments Folder. When I > open a message with an attachment I get the spinning beachball then [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > MacBook late 2006, 10.4.8, Eudora 6.2.4. I would suspect you may have a corrupted Settings file. You can rebuild the Settings by holding down all the modifier keys (command-option-shift-control) while you select Settings from the Special menu. This will retain your server info, but most of your other customizations will be lost. Before rebuilding the Settings, put a copy somewhere outside the Eudora Folder so you can easily get it back if it turns out the problem is not solved by rebuilding the Settings. You can make it a little easier to restore your customizations if you have Eudora create a list of them for you before you rebuild the Settings. Do this by opening a new message composition window and then choose "Insert system configuration" from the Help menu. SignatureKathy > You can make it a little easier to restore your customizations if you > have Eudora create a list of them for you before you rebuild the > Settings. Do this by opening a new message composition window and then > choose "Insert system configuration" from the Help menu. > > Kathy More than a decade of heavy use of Eudora -- and I never knew this capability existed!! But . . . I just did it, and the opening segment of the message says: ----System Information Platform: Macintosh System Version: 10.4.9 Processor: PowerPC G4 Physical RAM Installed: 1048,576K Total RAM: 2097,148K Eudora Version: 6.2.4 TCP/IP Version: OpenTransport 1.0.3.0 Main Video: 32 bit color at 1280x800 pixels Huh? I'm on an Intel MacBook -- and my System Version is 10.4.11. ?????????? > ----System Information > Platform: Macintosh [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Huh? I'm on an Intel MacBook -- and my System Version is 10.4.11. That's bizarre! I'll have to try it on my MacBook when I get to the office and see if it says the same thing. SignatureKathy > > ----System Information > > Platform: Macintosh [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > That's bizarre! I'll have to try it on my MacBook when I get to the > office and see if it says the same thing. I did have a G4 iBook -- and migrated up from it to present MacBook via a fortunately available SuperDuper! backup of the G4, after its HD failed. [...] > ----System Information > Platform: Macintosh [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Huh? I'm on an Intel MacBook -- and my System Version is 10.4.11. Under 10.4.11 on a G4 I get: System Version: 10.4.9 Processor: Unidentified (00000113) Eudora Version: 6.2.4b6 IIRC back when 10.4.10 was released some applications failed to recognize it because they relied on the wrong method to request the system version, not anticipating two digits. Perhaps that's what's happening here. No idea what is up with the CPU identifier. Not that all this is a real problem. The main thing is you can get (some of) your settings listed. SignatureSander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/> Mac user: "Macs only have 40 viruses, tops!" PC user: "SEE! Not even the virus writers support Macs!" > Huh? I'm on an Intel MacBook -- and my System Version is 10.4.11. Dunno about the OS version, but the CPU is likely because Eudora isn't a Universal Binary - it runs in the Rosetta PowerPC code conversion/emulation environment. > But . . . I just did it, and the opening segment of the message says: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Huh? I'm on an Intel MacBook -- and my System Version is 10.4.11. From my G4/1.25 using Tiger 10.4.11, otherwise correct info. ----System Information Platform: Macintosh System Version: 10.4.9 <<<XXXXXX Tiger 10.4.11 Processor: Unidentified (00000111) <<<XXXXXX G4/1.25 Physical RAM Installed: 1572,864K Total RAM: 2097,148K Eudora Version: 6.2.4b6 TCP/IP Version: OpenTransport Main Video: 32 bit color at 1680x1050 pixels > > Eudora is not putting attachments into the Attachments Folder. When I > > MacBook late 2006, 10.4.8, Eudora 6.2.4. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Settings. Do this by opening a new message composition window and then > choose "Insert system configuration" from the Help menu. Just for grins, I looked at the Eudora Settings and Eudora Settings.bkup files with TextWrangler. Both are 68 KB on disk (indicating some content) but they are empty. Looks like I don't need to make a copy before rebuilding. I have backups of my Eudora folder. If I find an uncorrupted Eudora Settings file can I replace the corrupted one with it? > Just for grins, I looked at the Eudora Settings and Eudora > Settings.bkup files with TextWrangler. Both are 68 KB on disk > (indicating some content) but they are empty. How large is the Resource Fork? (and how large can a resource fork ever be, anyway?) Some say a 16MB limit; the following doesn't say about bytes, but says "A resource fork can contain at most 2727 resources" http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/MoreToolbox/MoreToolbox-11.html -- > > Just for grins, I looked at the Eudora Settings and Eudora > > Settings.bkup files with TextWrangler. Both are 68 KB on disk > > (indicating some content) but they are empty. > > How large is the Resource Fork? Probably 68KB. My Eudora Settings file is a lot bigger, and all of it is in the resource fork: bigsky:~/Documents/Eudora Folder $ ls -l Eudora\ Settings -rwxr-xr-x 1 dad dad 0 Jun 21 22:46 Eudora Settings bigsky:~/Documents/Eudora Folder $ ls -l Eudora\ Settings/rsrc -rwxr-xr-x 1 dad dad 137617 Jun 21 22:46 Eudora Settings/rsrc Text Wrangler won't touch a resource fork. > (and how large can a resource fork ever be, anyway?) 16 MB (binary) of resource data between the start of resource data and the start of the last resource in the file, based on the structure of resource type reflist entries. For safety this means 16MB, although I guess in principle a static resource fork with n resources could have just short of 16MB in its smallest and earliest-stored n-1 resources and have one huge resource at the end of the resource data big enough to balloon the file to 4GB. > Some say a 16MB limit; the following doesn't say about bytes, > but says "A resource fork can contain at most 2727 resources" > http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/MoreToolbox/MoreToolbox-11.html The root cause for the 16MB limit is shown in Figure 1-16 on this page: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/MoreToolbox/MoreToolbox-99.h tml#MARKER-9-477 SignatureNow where did I hide that website... > Text Wrangler won't touch a resource fork. Exactly -- it is _normal_ to see nothing when trying to view the Mac Eudora settings file with Text Wrangler, because the "data fork" of the settings file is _normally_ empty. So the conclusion by a discussion participant that the settings file must be corrupted, based on its size (including resource fork) but seeing nothing in that attempt to view it as a text file (which it is not), was not meaningful. The idea to view the settings file that way may have originated from experience with Windows Eudora, where everything is indeed visible and editable, e.g.: [Settings] PopServer=pop.my.isp LoginName=whoami ... > Just for grins, I looked at the Eudora Settings and Eudora > Settings.bkup files with TextWrangler. Both are 68 KB on disk > (indicating some content) but they are empty. Looks like I don't need > to make a copy before rebuilding. I have backups of my Eudora folder. > If I find an uncorrupted Eudora Settings file can I replace the > corrupted one with it? Yes, absolutely! That would be the least painful cure for the problem. SignatureKathy |
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