Mail photo attachments

I am trying to send photos to family so that they can keep the jpg file. They are using PC's and not Macs, but they photo is embedded in the email. They can't save the photo itself as the only option available is as a .Bitmap file, not a JPG. Any advice on how to send a photo as a true attachment and not embedded in the email?

The problem lies in the way their mail program is behaving; but if you zip the photos first then they should be able to saved them and unzip them.

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Thanks, I'll give that a try. But, in the meantime, what is the explanation? The Mac recipient had no problem, only the Windows users.
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Use Attachment Tamer. Lovely plug in. Suffered the same fayre. Tried using the various lines of code suggested in the forum none worked.

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...and costs $14.99
Yep! And if you absolutely need (or think you need) that functionality, it is worth every penny.
As Don already pointed out, exactly what the recipient sees will depend on how they've set up their machine and what unnecessary 3rd party apps they might've installed to display attachments the way they want.
In theory, that is true. In practice, Attachment Tamer will cause more of your messages to show up as plain-jane icons on the other end. The problem is, after all, people running Outlook 2003 and 2007. These people likely aren't doing many system modifications.
If I were you, I'd use the free solutions provided above, save my money and let my recipients decide how they will handle their mail.
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Hello. I have always wondered just how photo attachments arrived at a Windows user computer.
After reading an article in the April 2009 Macworld (Mac911), I decided to try a few tests as follows:
(I would really appreciate any comments for other suggestions--I imagine a lot of Mac users are are also concerned about it).
1--I first tried the one recommended in the article by making a Zip file as follows:
I dragged a picture from iPhoto to my Desktop. I then went into FILE in the Finder and clicked on COMPRESS.
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2--I then went into iPhoto, highlighted a photo, clicked on the email function in iPhoto and sent it off.
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3--I then tried simply dragging a photo first from iPhoto to the desktop, then dragged it into a message I had composed on Mail and sent it. That way didnt seem good for him either.
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From iPhoto, click to send as before. But prior to sending, click on Format in the menubar of Mail, and select Make Plain Text. In addition, it would be best to set iPhoto NOT to add the Titles or Descriptions beneath the photo. Have the photo or photos be the last thing in the message -- enter no text following any photo.
Test this with you friend. Not all those things will be necessary all the time, but safest anyway. If the recipient were, for example, using Thunderbird you probably wouldn't have to do any of them, but for those using Outlook or Outlook Express all of those steps would be best.
Ernie

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Merry Christmas
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