It doesn't work here. It claims to be a potential security issue. I have screenshots saved. No idea how to add a screen shot to a message on the message board.
Of course, I've not even had my computer for a month yet, so I may have a different version of Pages. And when I try to open a Pages document on the old Windows computer, it won't open, a it is a folder and a separate document beside it. Have to keep that, until I get all of nine months important Outlook emails converted to text, and a step by step VoiceOver guide created, so I can use VoiceOver. On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 6:19:32 PM UTC-5, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Sending Pages documents via eMail will send it as a .pages document just > fine. I tested a few minutes ago with a Pages document from my Gmail > account to my work account and the document came through perfectly as a > Pages document which opened properly. It should be no different for any > regular documents. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 22, 2014, at 3:26 PM, Chris Blouch <cbl...@aol.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > The MIME format used to encode email attachments has no structure for > folders so to attach a folder of files many email apps will zip them into a > single file and then send that as an attachment. That said, a Word doc > usually is one monolithic file so unless you somehow picked the containing > folder rather than the exported word doc the mail app shouldn't be applying > zip to your attachment. Now a pages document actually is a folder so if you > somehow are attaching a Pages doc and not the converted Word version that > would explain it. > > CB > > On 1/22/14 6:35 AM, Jessica D wrote: > > it is just one file. > why would apple mail zip files and not tell you? i have never seen this as > an issue before. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:34 PM, Chris Blouch <cbl...@aol.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > If you have the file selected you can do a command-I to get info on the > file and the Size field will tell you how big it is. In general 10MB and > under should go through ok with most email providers. The internet > standards for MIME encoded attachments have no size limits but that doesn't > mean one service provider or another doesn't impose one. MIME also adds > about a third again of overhead so emailing a 3MB file will take about 4MB > of space, pushing you over the 10MB limit sooner. I know Outlook and some > other email clients have options to automatically zip attachments but I was > unaware of Apple Mail doing this. I have heard it will zip a folder. Are > you attaching the actual file or a folder of files? > > CB > > On 1/21/14 5:27 PM, Jessica D wrote: > i have no clue, how would i find out? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 21, 2014, at 5:24 PM, Chris Blouch <cbl...@aol.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > How big are the files you are trying to send? Maybe something is trying to > 'help' you along the way by zipping the files. > > CB > > On 1/21/14 5:04 PM, Jess wrote: > Hello, > I am having extreme difficulty sending word and/or excel files to people > who have older versions of windows. It sends them as .zip files instead of > .xls, csv, or .doc. why could this be? > Jessica > I walk by faith, not by sight. > 2 Corinthians 5: 7 > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionarie...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisi...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionarie...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisi...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionarie...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisi...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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