How can I prevent mail attachments embedding when sending mail

gluino wrote:

Kevin Neal wrote:

It's not up to apple to find workarounds for bugs in Microsoft software, which this is.

Just Zip your jpgs and the problem goes away

I don't think it is MS software. I use web-based Gmail to receive email from iPhone users, and their photos are rendered in full size in the body of the email.

And does Gmail cause you any problem getting the attachment out of the email message? That is the bug with Outlook.

As the Attachment Tamer plug-in lacks support of Yosemite, I've found another option. I have not tested it thoroughly but the description looks promising.

http://universalmailer.github.io/UniversalMailer/

I had very high hopes for Universal Mailer, but it doesn't seem to fix the problem - at least not under Yosemite. I'm hoping Attachment Tamer is updated soon!

I found a solution. Thank you Clive Galeni for making a plugin that fixes this ridiculous bug!

http://clivegaleni.com/posts/os-x-mail-disable-inline-attachments/

Looking forward to to trying this out! Will be so much better than dragging an extra empty text file attachment to my messages!

He has an update out: http://clivegaleni.com/posts/os-x-yosemite-10.10.1-and-mail-8.1-anti-inline-plug in-update/

This works GREAT! No more complaints from people experiencing the Windows bug that prevents them from seeing valid attachments!

Guess the only thing we CAN be sure of, is after years of complaints and ignoring the problem, Apple have no intention of NOT embedding attachments.

It's my guess Apple aren't bothered if you don't use their mail, and are quite happy for mac users to migrate to mail program that can attach documents - that the rest of the world can use.

It's 2015. Why are we still dealing with this. It is quite embarrassing for a life-long Mac guy to have his clients not be able to download photos and attachments when they were sent that way. If it's Windows' fault, then the "Send Windows Friendly Attachments" should work. And to be hones, it should be the default.

donpaluh wrote:

If it's Windows' fault, then the "Send Windows Friendly Attachments" should work. And to be hones, it should be the default.

That was Apple's one attempt to workaround the first bugs in Outlook. Every subsequent version of Outlook has some other bug that must be dealt with differently. There is no way for Apple to chase down all of Microsoft's poor coding. Microsoft needs to make an email client that supports the email standards.

Gmail DOES cause me problems getting the attachment out of the email message.

The collage below shows all pertinent information when sending image attachments (one jpg, one png) from Mac Mail, and receiving in Web Gmail.

Note the top-right corner (red ellipse). In the Gmail Inbox view, that's where one would see a paperclip icon indicating an attachment. It's missing.

Note in the Gmail message view: the images are inline, distorted from their original dimensions, and not downloadable as attachments. (Original images are shown at bottom.)

Info: Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), Mail Version 9.1, Google Chrome Version 48.0.2564.82 (64-bit).

I've done the same using Safari and don't have any problems getting the attachments. I Can't explain why it works for me but not you.