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My girlfriend uses .Mac as her mail service. She uses Apple Mail as her mail client, I use Google/Safari. I continually get files from her that wind up in the Google inbox as NONAME, with the file extension stripped off, and/or the resource fork separated from the file. In nearly all cases these files are unusable, although I sometimes can force NONAME files that came from Word to open with MacLink Plus. Others are so corrupt it's impossible to get them open.
I did some experimentation and found that files sent using the web-based .Mac mail via Safari do not have this problem. The exact same file from the same machine sent through .Mac using Mail has the problem described above. I know Google has issues with Mac files. What I don't understand is why a file sent thru the .Mac web interface is okay but files sent thru .Mac using the Mail client are not. Have tried "Windows-Friendly Attachments" on and off and it makes no difference in either case.
I've seen lots of other posts about similar issues but no solutions. Anyone have any ideas?
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