Hit: Attachments

["Jeanette B. Heath" <heathf@DREAMSCAPE.COM>]

Thanks for the responses!
> Jeanette wrote:
> I've been having trouble with attachments that arrive.  In the settings
>>section of my e-mail program (eudora) I finally found an
>attachments section.  I reset where it would save any attachments (a
>folder on >my desktop rather than scattered throughout my applications
>folder.)
>
>The default for the "encoding" method is binhex, although there are two
>additional settings:  appledouble and applesingle.  What is binhex and how
>do I read it?

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You didn't mention which platform you're using. On the Mac, Stuffit
Deluxe (a commercial program) will automatically unstuff/decompress
bin-hex files. Don't know what the comparable program is in the PC world,
altho' I know there will be one.
Joyce Conklin           jconkli@ed.co.sanmateo.ca.us
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From: Ron Walcik <rwalcik@tenet.edu>
Subject: Re: TECH: Attachments / Mac / Eudora

>Jeanette wrote:
> The default for the "encoding" method is binhex, although there are two
> additional settings:  appledouble and applesingle.  What is binhex and how
> do I read it?

        All three (BinHex, AppleDouble and AppleSingle) are protocals that
allow two computers to send info to each other. For general use,
AppleDouble is the best bet. BinHex should only be used if you are
*certain* the computer on the other end is a Macintosh. You can probably
ignore AppleSingle entirely. It is for use only with older Macintoshes.
Whichever you use, you don't need to worry about reading it. Eudora will
read it and convert it back to a form you can understand.

> There is another box to check:  Always include Macintosh information.  What
> does this mean?
        Again, this is something you shoul use only if it is certain the
computer on the other end is a Macintosh. Selecting this option sends
certain resources along with the attachment that are only used by the
Macintosh,and makes the job of the Mac on the distant end easier.  However
if you send the Macintosh information to a WinTel machine, it will create
all sorts of problems for it. Ron Walcik
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From: Ron Walcik <rwalcik@tenet.edu>
Subject: Re: TECH: Attachments / Mac / Eudora

At 1524 -0600 04/02/97, Jeanette B.  Heath wrote:

> I did a 'find' search of my hard drive and didn't find BinHex.  I checked
> MacMall & MacWarehouse and couldn't find it.  Is there somewhere I can
> download it?

You won't find it, but you already have it. It's built in to Eudora and is
used transparently to you. It's also built into the StuffIt Expander
shareware if you have it. If you ever receive an attachment that doesn't
translate, just drag it to the StuffIt Expander icon.
Ron Walcik
Technology Aide, Clifton Park Elementary School, Killeen, Texas


Mrs. Jeanette B. Heath
Library Media Specialist
Red Creek Jr./Sr. High School
PO Box 190
Red Creek, NY 13143
Heathf@dreamscape.com