Zipping seems to be an unnecessary workaround. I tested a few files and submitted via my remote mail server and nothing was lost in the files during submission or fetch.
What is your Mail Server you use? Postfix works quite well for this without the need of zip, though zip does add the benefit of compression. The more difficult part is if one gets into the habit of attaching zip archives to third parties who don't have a zip unarchiving/archiving utilitiy it is useless. -Marc On Wednesday 28 April 2004 10:55, Beny Spira wrote: > > Which program do you use at work and which one at home to send the > > documents? It's probably there that the problem lies. I think that the > > easiest thing to do would be to ZIP the file before sending. I think the > > mail program probably catalogs the .lyx extension as plain text or so, as > > it may not be declared to be binary, and so all characters above 127 are > > deleted. > > > > Also, be sure not to include it in the mail as a text attachment. Text is > > not supposed to have accented characters. > > > > If you use an extension known to be binary, it should go through well. I > > know there is a way to declare the .lyx extension as a binary mime, but I > > don't know how... > > > > John > > Yes, zipping the file prevented the disappearance of the characters. > Thanks > Beny
