William
Sat Mar 15 13:00:55 CDT 2008
bobrosno@officeformac.com wrote:
> Version: 2008
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
> Processor: Power PC
>
> I load a pdf file as an attachment to an email. The size of the file
> is 2.7MB but when attached to the email the size of the attachment is
> 3.7MB. Why did the size increase a MB. The file did have pictures
> included.
I can't explain the exact numbers but attaching items to mail messages
includes some overhead for encoding your entire message so that it will
travel safely between disparate E-mail servers. Not all mail servers
handle attachments the same way so Entourage and other E-mail clients
must encode those attachments using the lowest common denominator
protocols shared by most servers.
Often, simplicity is not efficiency.
Hope this helps!
--
bill
William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
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