Re: [NE] attachments

From: Mary Grimsley (marygrimsley@SPRINTMAIL.COM)
Date: Fri Aug 04 2000 - 01:54:01 AEST


On Thu, Aug 3, 2000 7:46 AM, Rick Davis <mailto:rdavis@YIN.OR.JP> wrote:
>Thanks, Mary.
>
>Actually, I do rebuild my desktop periodically -- at least once a week, if
>not more often.
>
>What mystifies me is why the Netscape mailer has never failed to find an
>attachment on the desktop, but NE often does. I'm asking about this on the
>list because I want to know if any other NE users have experienced this.


Hi Rick,

I'm sorry my guess wasn't helpful, Rick. I don't think I have any good
ideas if you're having no Finder problems at all anywhere besides NE. I'll
be interested with you to see whether anyone else is experiencing the same
difficulty. If you can get the problem to reappear with NisusEmail and then
immediately successfully send the same attachment with an alternate
emailer, you ought to let the NIsus folks know that, I think. (Try to send
them all the steps you took after startup until the problem showed up so
that they can try to recreate it.) And maybe they could think of something
for you to do (or try).

Rick, I was just looking back through the rest of your message before
mailing this off and noticed something odd. Look below, at your text where
you quoted me. It's leaving off spaces in some places. Look at these: "bea
good", "replacethe", "Finder,you", "don't pullit", " Thateasy", and
slightlydifferent". Did you receive my message with those spaces missing?
(The copy of my message that the server sent to me looks okay--the proper
spaces are there, just as in the original before it was sent.) I notice
that you sent it via NIsusEmail, Rick, but I don't think I've noticed that
kind of problem with NisusEmail before. I wonder whether you might not be
having more problems with NE than just with finding attachments? If so, it
might help to wipe out NisusEmail Preferences (NisusEmail Files folder) and
if that doesn't clear things up, try installing a fresh download of it.

Oh, I just thought of something else. . . were you using a macro in
connection with your mail when the attachments didn't go? (The kind of
quoting you're using suggests that.) If you were using a macro, then
there's one other thing you might try: first get the attachnment problem to
show up. Then try it again without using the macro. Same result?

--
Best wishes,
Mary

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>> It does sound as if using Disk Warrior and rebuilding the desktop would
>> bea good idea for you now, Rick. Be sure to dump the Finder Preferences
>> too.A couple of times under similar circumstances I've also needed to
>> replacethe Finder from backup. (If you don't have a good backup for your
>> Finder,you can get a new one off the system installer using TomeViewer;
>> don't pullit from the software on the CD where a drag would work to get
>> one. Thateasy-to-get version is meant to be read only on the CD; it's
>> slightlydifferent than the version the installer will put on.)



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