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gallery · 01-06-2001, 12:54 PM

Hi,

A few of my subscribers have reported that they are getting the pictures I send in ZIP format.
Strange as I always send in GIF or JPEG.

I send my mailings from MS Outlook and I attach the pictures to the mails.
I use TOPICA as mailing list manager.

It seems that the problem only occurs with AOL subscribers.

Has someone ever experienced that ?

Thanks.

suresk · 01-06-2001, 01:52 PM

I believe it has to do with the way AOL handles attachments. I remember a while back when I was doing some web design stuff, a client emailed me pictures, and he was using AOL. He just attached them as jpegs and gif's, but when I got them, they were always zipped up. You may end up having to just link to the pictures for them.

Take care..

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01-06-2001, 12:54 PM	#1
gallery Registered User Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Belgium Posts: 691	mailing list problem Hi, A few of my subscribers have reported that they are getting the pictures I send in ZIP format. Strange as I always send in GIF or JPEG. I send my mailings from MS Outlook and I attach the pictures to the mails. I use TOPICA as mailing list manager. It seems that the problem only occurs with AOL subscribers. Has someone ever experienced that ? Thanks.

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01-06-2001, 01:52 PM	#2
suresk Registered User Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Kaysville, UT Posts: 958	I believe it has to do with the way AOL handles attachments. I remember a while back when I was doing some web design stuff, a client emailed me pictures, and he was using AOL. He just attached them as jpegs and gif's, but when I got them, they were always zipped up. You may end up having to just link to the pictures for them. Take care.. ------------------ Spencer Uresk spencer@uresk.net <A HREF="http://www.dailystarts.com" TARGET=_blank> Daily Starts</A><A HREF="http://www.celebgrams.com" TARGET=_blank> CelebGrams</A>