Mail attachments appear embedded on PCs

I've tried every diferent setting in mail. ALL my attachments now are embedded in mail emails to clients using Outlook on a PC. Previously, I had to use plain text but it would at least attach properly. C'mon Apple!!!!! Any ideas?
Steve

I experienced the same issue - the problem appears to lie with the "content-disposition" field in the message headers. Apple Mail always seems to set this to "inline", regardless of what settings you change ("View as Icon", "Windows-friendly", "Attachments at end" etc.) and, for some reason, Outlook users are unable to save these attached images files.
Finally, I discovered http://lokiware.info/Attachment-Tamer which is an add-on for Apple Mail and which can force the content-disposition field to "attachment" so the receiving Outlook client is able to save the attachments as normal. I have literally just been testing this myself and it seems to have done the trick.
I am in no way affiliated with Lokiware and do not gain in any way from promotion of their product - I'm just a very happy user!
C.

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This is easy enough to do on any individual message. I think the trick most people are looking for is how to make this a default on ALL messages.
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130223000057486
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Turn off automatic attachment preview in Mail
Mail, by default, provides a preview of attachments in can read, such as graphics and PDF files. However, you can run a command in Terminal to turn this off. Run the following:
defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes
Quit Mail and relaunch it. When you view a message, all attachments will be shown as icons only.
To restore the original functionality, run this command:
defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool no
Found on StackExchange.
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/24569/turn-off-automatic-preview-in-app le-mail

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From Mail Help:
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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Hi,
I'm a graphic artist and I am constantly sending attachments (jpgs, pngs, gifs, pdfs, psds) to clients through Apple Mail. Whenever clients with PCs receive my attachments they are embedded in the message or resized or squished. I am looking for a setting or a way to make it to where mail never resizes or embeds or changes the format of any jpeg, gif, psd, pdf, png or any other type of image file I send. I do know about the button in the bottom left of the new message window where you can select the small, medium, or large, however this button shows up only sometimes, perhaps only why I click the paperclip attach icon and not when I drag and attachment in. I feel like it should be consistent or there should be a way to turn this off, so I can send an attachment just like in any other normal mail client.

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