Attached rather than embedded?

In Mail (and Tiger), how can I receive messages with attachments, such as photos, not embedded in the text? Can attachments -- to be clicked on -- be indicated at the top or bottom of the message?
Thanks!

The Mail.app displays all photo/image type attachments with received messages inline or viewed in place within the body of the message by default which cannot be turned off. Inline or viewed in place attachments are not embedded.
The same when attaching such files to a Mail.app message. Although image/photo and smaller PDF attachments (1-2 pages) appear inline or viewed in place within the body of the message by default before being sent, depending on the recipient' s email client and available preference settings such attachments may appear inline or viewed in place within the body of the message when the message is opened by the recipient or as attached files only which must be opened separately for which the sender has no control over.
You can try a plugin for the Mail.app called Mail Attachments Iconizer which is Shareware ($6.00).

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For work, I need to send photos to my editor via email. In Mail, the jpgs automatically become embedded in the body of the the email, but my editor would prefer to receive them as attachments. Is there any way to send photos as attachments in Mail, rather than embedded email itself?

LaSylphide, the Mail forum shows up as one of the categories within the "Mac OS and System Software" forum. Click on whichever version of OSX you're using, and you'll see the list of categories.
There are several threads on this topic, and I've seen three solutions:
1. Check the "Send Windows-Friendly Attachments" box. Some people say it works, some say it doesn't.
2. Open Terminal and type:
defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes
Some people say this works, some say it doesn't.
3. In Mail > Preferences > Composing, make sure "Message Format" is set to "Plain Text." Once again, some say this works, some say it doesn't.
Hopefully, one of those will solve your problem. There may also be a setting in your editor's email program that would solve it, but I'm assuming that's a Windows app and I haven't worked with Windows since 1993, so I'm no help there.

Can i send images by email as attachments rather than embedded in email

can i send images by email as attachments rather than embedded in email

How the email message looks in Mail is fairly irrelevant to how it will look to the recipient. An image attached to an email message is an attachment regardless of how the client displays it. Some will display it inline, others as an icon in a list of attached files. Regardless, it is an attachment and should be capable of being opened, saved to another location, etc.
Unfortunately, some Windows email clients (*cough* Outlook *cough*) are absolutely crippled when it comes to email standards, and make it difficult for recipients to view or save some attached images. You can better ensure success with Outlook by using Windows-friendly attachments and only sending plain text email, rather than HTML email. However, Outlook is still Outlook, and it does not play well with others.
If you must communicate with people who use Outlook try uploading your photos to an album on Picasa, Flikr, Shutterfly, etc, and then send people a link instead. Or convince them to use a real email client, like Thunderbird.

PHP forms submitted as an attachment rather than email?

How do I get my PHP forms submitted as an attachment rather than email?
Meaning, if I set up a form on my website and someone completes and submits it, how can I get the responses as an attachment rather than in email text?
Much appreciated.
G

Hi Gunter
I have spent so much time on this now.
I have tried to convert the php to an attached .txt or .csv file.
Learnt a lot but still can not seem to get the form data to be submitted as an attached file.
Here are two of my attempts, please assist:
<?php
$email=$_REQUEST['email'];
$firstName=$_REQUEST['firstName'];
$lastName=$_REQUEST['lastName'];
//The Attachment
$cr = "\n";
$data = "Email" . ',' . "First Name" . ',' . "Last Name" . $cr;
$data .= "$email" . ',' . "$firstName" . ',' . "$lastName" . $cr;
$fp = fopen('reservationTest.csv','a');
fwrite($fp,$data);
fclose($fp);
// Mail to
$email = "myemailaddress";
//subject
$subject = "Test Budget reservation";
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$headers("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
$headers("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=reservationTest.csv");
$headers("Pragma: no-cache");
$headers("Expires: 0");
//Message
$message = "".
"Email: $email" . "\n" .
"First Name: $firstName" . "\n" .
"Last Name: $lastName";
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?>
<html>
<body>
<table width="400" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td>
<div align="center">Guperman Your Test Message Has Been Submitted</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
EOD;
echo "$theResults";
OR
<?php
/* subject and email variables */
$email = $_POST['email'];
$lastname = $_POST['lastname'];
$firstname = $_POST['firstname'];
    $to = 'myemailaddress';
    $emailSubject = 'Test Form';
    $headers = "From: $email\n";
$message = "A new reservation test.\n
Last Name</b>: $lastname
Name</b>: $firstname
Email</b>: $email
    mail($to,$emailSubject,$headers,$message);
//open the file and choose the mode
$fh = fopen("reservationTest.txt", "a");
fwrite($fh, $email);
//close the file
fclose($fh);
?>
<html>
<body>
<table width="400" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td>
<div align="center">Guperman Your Test Message Has Been Submitted</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
On both accounts when I test these files I get the following types of messages.
Warning: fopen(reservationTest.csv) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in \\HOSTING\DFS\20\1\9\1\2028751191\user\sites\mywebsite.com\www\reservationTest.php on line 11
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in \\HOSTING\DFS\20\1\9\1\2028751191\user\sites\mywebsite.com\www\reservationTest.php on line 12
Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in \\HOSTING\DFS\20\1\9\1\2028751191\user\sites\mywebsite.com\www\reservationTest.php on line 13
Fatal error: Function name must be a string in \\HOSTING\DFS\20\1\9\1\2028751191\user\sites\mywebsite.com\www\reservationTest.php on line 22
And then to give the .php files permission I left click on the already uploaded files and try and set the permission to 777, but then I get a response like: Setting Access Properties failed for:
Your assistance is much appreciated. Regards

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