Email attachments not getting through?
Almost never do I have problems with this, but there's a few times that always stand-out. They just cannot receive it no matter how many times I send it. They have no idea why it doesn't work or what to try on their end, either. So what would be the reasons for this? Does it have something to do with me sending stuff from my Mac to someone receiving stuff on a PC? Are there email settings on a Windows PC/email client or their firewall that could be blocking me? These are administrated computers, too- not personal, but maintained by an IT group. Is it possible IT has set things by default to block attachments?
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Are you sure your attachments don't contain a virus that's causing them to be removed? For example, a Word document can contain a macro virus that only affects PCs, even if sent from a Mac.
Just some thoughts.
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Is it possible that IT has their firewall setup to reject doc and pdf extensioned attachments, outright? Would it make a difference if I sent them both inside a zip archive?
I guess there's nothing obvious that all the removed attachments have in common?
I once sent an email with attachment from my Mac at home to my PC at work and never seemingly received it, because I had used some harmless abbreviations that the receiving email client thought pornographic, causing it to be filtered into a spam/porno folder. After a lot of hunting around I eventually found it.
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In a few days, I remove the file.
I find it rude to have someone fill my mailbox with something, and if I am sending something (as in the past) the bounceback of undeliverable mail was troublesome (especially on a dial-up)
Set up some webspace. FTP your file there and email the URL. It's the polite thing to do.