[DM-MUG] Attachment dilema resolved

[Matt W]

You didn't miss anything, I meant something else :)

I'm not referring to the attachment that you can see when you read your 
messages, I'm referring to the actual FILE, or place where the 
attachment is stored on your Mac. Eudora decodes and places all 
attachments into a separate "Finder" folder automatically. This way 
attachments are easy to search for in the Finder without even opening 
Eudora. Can't do that with Mail.

Mail, Entourage, et al. store encoded attachments along with the mail 
inside a cache/.mbox file. To retrieve the attachment, one would have 
to open the mail program and fish out, a.k.a decode, the attachment by 
doing a "Save As," export or drag-and-drop to another location.

With Eudora the attachment is decoded when the message is downloaded. 
One can see or open the attachment from within Eudora, or if Eudora is 
not running, all one has to do is open the attachments folder in the 
Finder. It's easy to view and clean out all attachments at once and 
sort them by type, size and date as with any normal folder. The 
attachments folder can also be backed up separately if necessary.

There are pros & cons of both. Eudora's decoded attachments take up 
more space, as they are uncompressed, but are not affected if the .mbox 
file becomes corrupted. Some folks don't like the Eudora interface; 
Mail is noticeably less "feature-driven" than either Eudora or 
Entourage.

I use both Eudora and Mail.app and like them both. Eudora has a number 
of features that I have grown to depend upon over the years and 
Qualcomm hasn't changed the fundamental way their app works since I 
started using it in '95. I've also never lost any mail, address, or 
contact information using Eudora since 1995. That's important to me 
since I run my whole business with it.

Matthew

On Dec 4, 2003, at 9:13 AM, Dean wrote:

> I don't understand your statement..
>
> " I like the way Eudora decodes all mail attachments into a separate 
> folder. I don't have to open the mail program to manipulate attached 
> files. No other mail program I know of does this."
>
> I find the Mail program that comes with 12.3 works well and I don't 
> have to open the attachment if I don't want to.
> What did I miss???
>
> Thank you
> Dean L.
> 866-206-5962
>
> On Dec 3, 2003, at 10:37 PM, Matt W wrote:
>
> Good to hear that there's an ISP with Mac support.
>
> 10.3 is really an easy decision and well worth the cost. It makes old 
> Macs feel new(-ish) and the built-in software is constantly getting 
> better.
>
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