OSX Mail - Sending JPG Attachments

I am having issues sending emails with JPGs attached. For some reason, they are being attached in-line and people are unable to download the attachments. Why is this?

The easiest to send jpg are to drag the image to the destop, then attach the iimage to a PDF, via Adobe, or pages. Select print, then select the image, and choose.
Most people use Adobe, and check windows friendly attachmennts.

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Hmm that sounds convenient.
Maybe try Attachment tamer, a Mail plug-in, and see if you can tweek a work around. A few bugs in Mail.
http://lokiware.info/Attachment-Tamer

Mail sends extra attachments - Can I stop this?

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Hi Ohno,
I think this resolve the issue, and I only just stumbled on this rather hidden setting. Under the EDIT menu, select "Attachments" and then "Always insert attachments at end of message" from the pop-up list of options. Note: to make this setting apply to all new messages, do this when you do not already have a message composition window open.
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Sending jpg attachments to AOL subscribers

HI all!
I'm consistently unable to send jpg pictures as attachments to friends with @aol.com email addresses. They tell me that the picture numbers come through but no picture. When I send the attachments (and verify in the "sent" box), the picture are definitely attached to the email. Friends not with AOL get things no problem.
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Hi Allan, I hope toy don't mind me cc'ing a post I put up earliet - but saw this and could see that the problem is related: "This problem is going to really mess up my recent migration to Macintosh. I prepare a lot of documents in Word and Excel and am careful to append them with .doc and .xls before emailing them to clients and colleagues - all of who are Windows users. One colleague - a senior who calls the shots uses an AOL account and email. I have never had a problem sending .doc and .xls attachments to him but he is now saying that the .doc's and some of the .xls's are arriving as un-open-able .bin files. This is a real bugger. I have tried the 'send Windows friendly attachment' button in iMail but it makes no difference. I have looked at other posts which point the problem back to AOL - but Windows users do not have the problem. Is there a viable solution to this problem because my colleague absolutely will not ditch AOL".
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When I send a jpg attachment from my iMac 10.9.4 to a Windows 8 laptop the recipient sees only a square with an X in it. Is there something I need to do that will make it possible for them to see the jpg?

Make sure you send Windows-friendly attachments. To do so for all messages, from the main Mail window choose Edit > Attachments, then make sure Always Send Windows-Friendly Attachments is selected. For a specific message, click the Attach button in the toolbar of the message window, then make sure Send Windows-Friendly Attachments is selected.
Also use filename extensions (such as document.jpg).
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Mac OS X 10.7.3 mail doesn't send jpg attachments?

First thing:
I can't send a jpeg attachment with Mail. It always arrives in th body of the text and the receiver can do nothing with it.
Another thing:
Also when I want to forward an email, very often the attachments doesn't follow, or even the text of the email doesn't follow !
That's not reliable.
What can I do?

You need to upgrade to the current version of Adobe Reader 10.1.3. PPC applications are not supported in Lion.
If you also use Office then see:
Office 2004 Applications Won't Work in Lion
You must have Office 2004 which is a PPC-only suite and will not work in Lion. You need to upgrade to Office 2011 - Mactopia - or you can try the freeware suite, Libre Office, that is functionally similar to Office 2007 for Windows except it works on Lion.
You may want to consider as well:
These two suites are similar to Libre Office but not as current or as well-supported:
NeoOffice
Open Office
And, then there is Apple's iWork suite:
Pages - word processing and layout
Keynote - presentation
Numbers - spreadsheet
Each can open and save Office compatible files. They may be purchased separately via the Mac App Store for $19.99 each.
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I have solved the problem on my mac:
1- Save the attachment to the Desktop.
2- Press CMD+I in the file
3- Change the "Open With" option to another app.
4- Change the "Open With" option to the desired app (Preview to Imagens antd PDF's...)
5- Choose "Change All"
6- Press OK.
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I am on an iMac running Lion 10.7.2 using Mail 5.1
My wife and I both have iCloud accounts.
I have been trying to send an email with three pdf files. The total size of all three files is 48.4 mb.
Other emails go out without any problem, but this one email will not go out.
I keep getting the following message:
Cannot send message using the server ...
I then try my wife's iCloud account and it does the same thing.
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The total size of all three files is 48.4 mb.
That's why. That maximum size of incoming and outgoing messages is 20MB:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4863
Email really isn't designed for transferring large files and all email providers have attachment size limits to avoid people clogging up their mail servers.
Use one of the many (free) large file transfer services instead.

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I had no problems sending .jpgs as attachments to PC users as recently as June 2006. More recently, whenever I send .jpg attachments to the same recipients, the photo is "embedded" in the message window with NO attachment icon for them to click on to save/open. The only way for them to save is to right click on the image and save as .bmp. I haven't changed the method for sending attachments; all extensions are there, I send Windows Friendly Attachments and I've read the many forum postings regarding work-around suggestions. Since this is a new development on my computer is it possible that an Apple Software upgrade is the culprit here? I've spoken via telephone with Apple Support to alert them to the problem but got no "fix". New suggestions are appreciated.
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Freddy,
Welcome to the Discussions.
There is no update issue to explain this -- the
ability to send JPEGs to PC users is quite intact,
and functioning.
Do you use a Signature with your emais? If so, have
you always used the same one?
Ernie
Yes, I do use a simple text signature and No it hasn't changed since my account was established. Whenever I add an attachment, it is always after the signature. I appreciate all the replies/advice I've received on this topic. I have experimented extensively by emailing attachments in various ways to my home PC. A few things I've tried have resulted in the .jpg arriving as an attachment, in addition to seeing it in the body of the email. Looks like I just have to decide which is the most efficient one! Thanks to everyone out there who took the time to write back.

Sending mail with multiple attachments

hi.I wrote a code to send mail.but i need to send mail with multiple attachments.here is the code i wrote.what should i do to send the mail with multiple attachments.if i run this code iam able to send mails but not attachments.please help me
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messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
messageBodyPart.setFileName("C:\\Telnor1.jpg");
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messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source2));
messageBodyPart.setFileName("C:\\Telnor2.jpg");
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message.setContent(multipart);
Transport.send( message );
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to=request.getParameter("to");
from=request.getParameter("from");
subject=request.getParameter("subject");
msg_txt=request.getParameter("message");
props.put("mail.smtp.host", mailhost);
Session mailsession = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
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message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,InternetAddress.parse(to, false));
message.setSubject(subject);
message.setHeader("X-Mailer", mailer);
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<td>
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<option value="Administrator">Administrator
<option value="saab">Saab
<option value="fiat">Fiat
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<b>From :</b>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp<input type="text" name="from" size="72"><br>
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<b>AttachedFile:</b>&nbsp<input type="file" name="fieldname2" value="filename" size="50"><br><br>
<b>AttachedFile:</b>&nbsp<input type="file" name="fieldname3" value="filename" size="50"><br><br>
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Create a separate MimeBodyPart object for each attachment, rather than reusing
the same one over and over.

Iam unable to send multiple attachments with a mail using JavaMail?

Hai to all,
Iam unable to send multiple attachments with a email,see
iam have succeeded in sending one attachment with a email.
when iam tring to add two or more attachments to a mail,
it is giving a Exception like this:
javax.mail.MessagingException: IOException while sending message;
nested exception is:
java.io.IOException: No content
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:577)
at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:151)
at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:80)
at AttachFilesModified.sendMail(AttachFilesModified.java:185)
at AttachFilesModified.main(AttachFilesModified.java:43)
this is my code snipnet:
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messageBodyPart.setText(body);
multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
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     //System.out.println(s);
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messageBodyPart.setFileName(filename);
multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
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     BodyPart messageBodyPart1=new MimeBodyPart();
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     messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source1));
     messageBodyPart.setFileName(filename1);
     multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart1);
mess.setContent(multipart);
Address[] allRecips = mess.getAllRecipients();
if(toStdOut)
System.out.println("done.");
//System.out.println("Sending message (\"" + mess.getSubject().substring(0,10) + "...\") to :");
System.out.println("Sending message................");
for(int i = 0; i < allRecips.length; i++)
System.out.print(allRecips[i] + ";");
System.out.println("...");
Transport.send(mess);
if(toStdOut)
System.out.println("done.");
return 0;
What's wrng with that code snipnet?
Nagaraju G.

This works fine with me, try it or compare it if you want.
public void sendEmail( String from, String to,
String subject, String body) {
fMailServerConfig.put("mail.smtp.host", " <<mail server>>");
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance( fMailServerConfig, null );
MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage( session );
try {
message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
message.setRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO,
new InternetAddress(to));
message.setSubject( subject);
message.setText( body);
//Adds Attechment:
Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();
BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
messageBodyPart.setText("Here are my attachments");
multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
//first attachment
DataSource source = new FileDataSource("C:\\img1.jpg");
messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
messageBodyPart.setFileName("C:\\Telnor1.jpg");
multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
//Second attachment
DataSource source2 = new FileDataSource("C:\\img2.jpg");
messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source2));
messageBodyPart.setFileName("C:\\Telnor2.jpg");
multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
//etc...
message.setContent(multipart);
Transport.send( message );
}catch (MessagingException e){
System.err.println("Cant send mail. " + e);
The error on your code might be:
BodyPart messageBodyPart1=new MimeBodyPart();
DataSource source1=new FileDataSource(filename1);
messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source1));
messageBodyPart.setFileName(filename1);
multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart1);
You don't need to create a new BodyPart, and apart from that you'r seting values on "messageBodyPart" but adding "messageBodyPart1" to your multipart :P
Well see u and have a good one!
p.s. i know it's a little late from the day you posted, but at least it might help somebody else :D .

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