Mail Distorts & Corrupts Files (images, PDF's .zips)

Hello,
I constantly send images, PDF's, .zip files using Mac Mail and the receiving party usually reports that the images are distorted, PDF's cannot be opened and .Zip files are corrupt. What can I do?

firstly - is the receiving party using a mac or windows box?
If windows - are you checking the "send windows friendly attachments" box?.
You can make this the default setting in Mail - Edit - Attachments - always send windows friendly attachments. There should be a check mark next to it.
If another mac user - are they using apple's Mail app, or some other one?
If you send an email to yourself - do the images/pdf's/zips come through as normal?

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