Attachments and Windows PC

Many times I attach zip files to my email and have to send to PC's. I get responses that there was no file attached or they can't open it. I see it embedded in the body of my email. This happens with several of the mail programs for windows so it is not just Outlook. I have the box checked in Mail "send friendly windows attachment".

The logo is an attachment. Anything in an email message that is not text must be sent as an attachment in order to be compliant with email protocols. But many modern email programs will automatically display the contents of some attachments. Apple Mail will display JPEGs and single-page PDFs. Presumably your correspondents are using an application that displays JPEGs but not PDFs.
Some email programs expect attachments to come at the end of the message, not intermixed with the other contents of the message. Such an app may treat everything after the first attachment as attachments. That might cause the different behavior when additional attachments are included before the attachment in your signature.

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