text attachments embedded not attached

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text attachments embedded not attached

Hello,
I received an email with several text file attachments. Mail embedded all of the files in the email allowing me to view them. But it did not indicate that there was an attachment so that I can then save the individual text files. Since there were several distinct text files, I don't know where one starts and the other begins. How do I disable this automatic embedding of attachments?

thanks

imac g5, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Jan 8, 2006 8:14 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 8, 2006 8:25 AM in response to anicolas

Embedded attachments are done by the sender's email client. If the sender includes files as true attachments to the message, the Mail.app or any email client cannot change attached files from true attachments to being embedded.

You need to ask the sender to use RTF or Plain Text for message composition and not HTML and/or add the files as attachments to the message.

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anicolas Author

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Jan 8, 2006 9:10 AM in response to Allan Sampson

thank you for the assistance ... what you say makes some sense ... I went ahead and tested this out ... I had my friend send a new email with a text file attached. I had him specifically format the email so that it is plain text -- as you say. And I also had him cc the email to my yahoo email account for comparison purposes.

The yahoo email was received with the contents of the text file embedded/displayed BUT it clearly showed that there was an attachment that I could then download.

Apple mail received the email as well. Again the text file was embedded/displayed. And again, unlike the yahoo email ... there was no attachment enabling me to download the text file.

Now you could argue that his email client sending the attachment was still the problem. So I did this same excercise using my yahoo email.

I attached a text file to my yahoo email and sent it to myself. Again, apple Mail client received this email embedding/displaying the text file -- with no paper clip indicating that it was an attachment.

please advise
thanks

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Answer 3

Jan 8, 2006 10:59 AM in response to anicolas

You're welcome.

There is a difference between an attachment appearing inline or viewed in place vs. being embedded.

With the Mail.app, there is no attachment line at the bottom of the message header?

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anicolas Author

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Jan 8, 2006 5:53 PM in response to Allan Sampson

No. There is no attachment line at the bottom of the header. Where you would normally see a paperclip indicating the attachment -- it does not exists.

If you have the same tiger mail as I do, you can try this out by sending yourself an email from say a yahoo account as I did. Attach a text file ... and you will see the contents of the attachment embedded/displayed in the email.

thanks.

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