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Cochran218@gmail.com - 14 Sep 2007 05:00 GMT

Is it possible to get attachments to show up in the header of an email
instead of the body of the email in mac mail. Operating system is OS
X.

Thanks for any insight.

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Gregory Weston - 14 Sep 2007 13:16 GMT

> Is it possible to get attachments to show up in the header of an email
> instead of the body of the email in mac mail. Operating system is OS
> X.
>
> Thanks for any insight.

I'm not even sure what that would mean. Can you clarify what you're
trying to accomplish?

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Jamie Kahn Genet - 14 Sep 2007 20:03 GMT

> > Is it possible to get attachments to show up in the header of an email
> > instead of the body of the email in mac mail. Operating system is OS
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> I'm not even sure what that would mean. Can you clarify what you're
> trying to accomplish?

He doesn't want photos? showing inline with the message text.

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Cochran218@gmail.com - 14 Sep 2007 20:59 GMT

On Sep 14, 12:03 pm, jami...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet)
wrote:

> > In article <1189742405.812184.316...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
> > Cochran...@gmail.com wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> --
> If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

To reiterate and clarify... Outlook and Entourage puts email
attachment in the header area (below the subject line), Mac mail puts
email attachments in the body (text area) of the email. I am wondering
if it is possible to get email attachments to show up in the header
are (below the subject line) in Mac mail.

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Michelle Steiner - 14 Sep 2007 21:19 GMT

> To reiterate and clarify... Outlook and Entourage puts email
> attachment in the header area (below the subject line), Mac mail puts
> email attachments in the body (text area) of the email. I am
> wondering if it is possible to get email attachments to show up in
> the header are (below the subject line) in Mac mail.

Attachments are both at the bottom of the message and right below the
addressees in the header. There is a disclosure triangle to the left of
the notice of the attachment, and a Save button to the right of the
notice.

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Cochran218@gmail.com - 15 Sep 2007 00:24 GMT

> In article <1189799958.746005.67...@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>,
>
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> --
> Support the troops: Bring them home ASAP.

Michelle,

Thanks for the insight. I see the the disclosure triangle for
attachments you mention in the emails I receive but for the emails I
send the attachments only show up in the body of the email and not
below the addresses in the header. It's like I need to change a
preference but can't find the preference to change. Any other ideas
you have would be appreciated.

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Michelle Steiner - 15 Sep 2007 06:45 GMT

> Thanks for the insight. I see the the disclosure triangle for
> attachments you mention in the emails I receive but for the emails I
> send the attachments only show up in the body of the email and not
> below the addresses in the header.

I didn't realize that you meant mail that you're composing. The short
answer is that you can't do it.

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Mike Rosenberg - 15 Sep 2007 13:57 GMT

> > Thanks for the insight. I see the the disclosure triangle for
> > attachments you mention in the emails I receive but for the emails I
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> I didn't realize that you meant mail that you're composing. The short
> answer is that you can't do it.

You _can_ do it, although not quite the way the OP is talking about.
Right-click or Control-click on the graphic, select View as Icon.

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Michelle Steiner - 15 Sep 2007 16:03 GMT

> > I didn't realize that you meant mail that you're composing. The short
> > answer is that you can't do it.
>
> You _can_ do it, although not quite the way the OP is talking about.
> Right-click or Control-click on the graphic, select View as Icon.

It still shows up in the content section of the message. The icons of
all attachments do.

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Mike Rosenberg - 15 Sep 2007 16:17 GMT

> > You _can_ do it, although not quite the way the OP is talking about.
> > Right-click or Control-click on the graphic, select View as Icon.
>
> It still shows up in the content section of the message. The icons of
> all attachments do.

Yeah, that's what I meant about not quite the way the OP is talking
about. Of course, something that needs to be pointed out is that none
of this is relevant to what the recipient sees anyway, since that's a
function of that person's mail client and how it's set.

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Cochran218@gmail.com - 16 Sep 2007 03:08 GMT

On Sep 15, 8:17 am, mikeP...@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg)
wrote:

> > > You _can_ do it, although not quite the way the OP is talking about.
> > > Right-click or Control-click on the graphic, select View as Icon.
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> <http://designsbymike.info/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers
> <http://designsbymike.info/shop/dance.cgi> Ballroom dance shirts & gifts

Thanks for the insight on "view as icon". I can live with that.

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Chris Brown - 16 Sep 2007 23:52 GMT

> On Sep 15, 8:17 am, mikeP...@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg)
> wrote:
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>
> Thanks for the insight on "view as icon". I can live with that.

if it just the graphic display and space occupancy that bugs you, zip
the files to attach

Chris

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Barry Margolin - 16 Sep 2007 03:10 GMT

> > > Thanks for the insight. I see the the disclosure triangle for
> > > attachments you mention in the emails I receive but for the emails I
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> You _can_ do it, although not quite the way the OP is talking about.
> Right-click or Control-click on the graphic, select View as Icon.

Except for images, they always show up as an icon for me.

I also find these icons annoying, because they mess up the line spacing
while you're composing. If it would just automatically put it on a line
by itself it wouldn't be so bad.

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Gregory Weston - 15 Sep 2007 00:33 GMT

> On Sep 14, 12:03 pm, jami...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet)
> wrote:
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> if it is possible to get email attachments to show up in the header
> are (below the subject line) in Mac mail.

Ah, I see. When you add attachments to a message you want them to show
up in a segregated area at the top of the window, rather than inline
wherever you chose to place them.

I don't know of any way to accomplish this. If it's really an issue
nothing stops you from inserting the attachments before the first line
of message text, and that would be functionally very similar. You do
realize, though, that Outlook and Entourage only do that for the benefit
of the sender, right? They don't really have significant control over
what the recipient's mail program is going to show.

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Attachments in Mac Mail