Email attachments to Windows users

When I used to use Panther as an OS, if I emailed people with Windows machines I could simply attach a graphic or file in Mail, check "Windows friendly attachments" and when they got the email they could open the attachments easily.
Now, using Tiger and Mail, if I do the same thing with the attachments, the recipients tell me that the graphics and other attachments "embed" in their emails and they can't open the attachments. Only if I Zip the files can they open and use them easily. Is this something I can solve in Mail, or is the problem at their end? Is there any way I can just get back to attaching files as Windows friendly without having to Zip them?

Now, using Tiger and Mail, if I do the same thing with the attachments, the recipients tell me that the graphics and other attachments "embed" in their emails and they can't open the attachments. Only if I Zip the files can they open and use them easily.
You might try Mail Attachments Iconizer (http://lokiware.info/Mail-Attachments-Iconizer) and see if it helps.
However, some files and PC mail programs may still have problems.
Good luck. ...pt

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I use a PC laptop running Windows XP at work and we use Outlook as our email client.
I have the PC laptop at home with me and I just sent an email with Mail on my PB to my business email address. I used RTF for message composition, inserted a signature composed with RTF and added a PDF file as an attachment with Send Windows Friendly selected.
I downloaded the message and attachment with Outlook and when opening the message, I was able to open the attachment from within the message by double-clicking on the attached file.
I searched for an available option or setting with Outlook that would prevent me from doing this but I couldn't find one.
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If Windows users have trouble with your attachments
Windows users might not be able to read attachments you send, the messages they’re attached to, or both; or they might see two files when you’ve sent only one.
Try these solutions:
Choose Edit > Attachments > Always Send Windows Friendly Attachments.
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Use filename extensions, such as .doc for a Microsoft Word document, in the names of files you send to Windows recipients. This way, the files can be read by a Windows application.
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I am a consultant. I use Mail in Snow Leopard. Software is up to date.
Our business uses Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. All other consultants in the company are using Windows. In Mail I connect via IMAP. It has worked flawlessly until recently.
Recently, my corporate clients (various clients not related to one another nor using the same email server) have complained that they are not receiving my email attachments. It is not universal. It is inconsistent, even with the same client. Sometimes the attachments are there and sometimes not.
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I suspect but have not checked that they are all PC users (I use a Mac with Mail) and, now that I have become aware of this thread, I will check if they use Outlook.
It started a few months ago. I had no problems before and now this, with the same people. Obviously something must have changed but what?
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As I have emailed, in part:
Well, this Mac friend is not all right! Please tell me the exact method of creating this document, and the version of Word being used. It is not recognized as a valid format by any of my applications that should open it. Also, tell me how you are connected to the internet.
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