| Sending
attachments from a Mac: In Outlook
Express the encoding protocols are selected
on the Message Composition screen.
"AppleDouble is the preferred format
for a Macintosh file that is to be included
in an Internet mail message, because it
provides recipients with Macintosh computers
the entire document, including Icons and
other Macintosh specific information, while
other users easily can extract the Data
fork (the actual data) as it is separated
from the AppleDouble encoding." (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1740.html)
AppleDouble encoding includes Base64 encoding
for transfer over the internet. Most modern
email clients and gateways handle Base64
encoding seamlessly. |
