On Sun, 25 May 2008 21:50:31 +1200, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote:
>On Sun, 25 May 2008 10:11:45 +0100, in message
4ax.com>,
>Phil Odox wrote:
>>> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118
>
>> When sending photos in an email as an attachment the recipient receives
>> thousands of characters instead along with the written part of my email.
>
>A. If the recipient is using Agent, then the recipient should read this
> item from Forté's Agent Newsreader FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
>
> "Attachments appear as blocks of code instead of as icons"
>
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/faq.php#3681E47795B0585285256C1F005A88F1
>
>
>> I've checked my "MIME types" settings in options, and when I highlight
>> "image/jpeg" in the "Type/Subtype" column, "jpg,jpeg" appears in the
>> "Extensions" column and "JPEG image" appears in the "Application"
>> column.
>
>Good.
>
>> In the "Settings for application/Octet-stream" window at the
>> bottom, "jpg,jpeg" appears in the "Extensions" window
>
>While that is wrong to have, it is not the cause of this problem.
>
>> while the
>> "Application" window next to the "Browse" button stays blank. As far
>> as I'm aware these setting are default and correct because I've never had
>> any reason to change them. Can someone here who has experience in
>> sending photos using Agent please tell me where I'm going wrong?
>
>
>B. Attach the image to the message which you are composing, then
> click the "attachments" button to see _how_ it is attached.
>
> If "Placement" is (incorrectly) set to "insert in text body",
> then that is the cause of this problem.
>
>> I
>> used to send photos with no problems at all, and I can't think why I'm
>> now having this problem now.
>
>Possibly one of 'A' or 'B' above.
It was 'B', but I've fixed it now by going into default properties for all
folders/email attachments and setting the "attachment placement" to
"attachment" instead. I must've inadvertently changed from this setting
to "Insert in text body" at some point without realising. Thanks for your
help, Ralph.
