Mail attaches an HTML file for each file that I attach

same problem:

i send an email (osx 10.5.2, mail 3.2) with an attachment to outlook/windows user and they get besides my attachment an .htm file.
i think this happens because mail puts the attachment directly inside the text and outlook is not able to understand this.

but is there a solution for this problem? a plugin or a preference?

thank you for any suggestion
st-v

same problem here, too.
yes, I clicked 'windows friendly' and yes, I clicked 'add to end of message'.

I tried sending the message as plain text - the HTM files went away, but were replaced with a blank .txt file.

And sending all my messages in plain text format is not optimal, in my opinion. I guess all my windows-running contacts will have to continue to scratch their heads over these 'extra' attachments.

Anyone have a solution?

Hi,

I sometimes see these attachments when the sender is using an Exchange Server. Do you set behind an Exchange Server?

Do you have any Mail enhancement applications installed and in use? I am willing to investigate further, if you will send me a sample email where this happens. My address can be found by clicking on my name to the left and looking in the bio line of the resulting Profile.

Ernie

I agree, it is very bad for ones friends to use bad e-mail clients. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do about it. Apple Mail is one of the best e-mail clients there are, and it is free. Outlook is also free, but is one of the most notoriously bad ones.

We're having the same issues here, and people are getting cranky. I moved all over from Entourage to Mail to take advantage of a non-crap e-mail client, only to have users begin to assume Mail is crap. Stupid MS! Anyway....we need a solution from Apple, as MS isn't going to do anything for this one. :-/

Ernie,

I recently switched to Mac and love it, except that some of my customers are frustrated with the issue described in this thread (the ATT* attachment issue). Has any resolution been found?