Why is iphoto compressing to email?

Question

I have a friend who is emailing photos from iphoto and her computer is automatically compressing them so they come through as a .sit attachment. Some of our friends can't open the photos because they don't have Stuffit Expander.
Her iphoto didn't use to do this. Normally they are supposed to just show up as pictures in the body of the email.
She does have a new camera, but under format she is choosing smaller for faster downloading... Her last photo she tried to send came through as a 43.6 kb size stuffed....
How can she make them not compress.

Answer 1

Stuffit Expander is free so those without it can go to the Stuffit site and download it. What type of computer and email application is your friend using? What process is she using to select and send the email? It's not something that can be accidently activated on the Mac as far as I know.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.