RE: [WinMac] PDFs suffixed .dat

From: Dan Schwartz (Dan[at]BrakeAndGo.com)
Date: Fri Nov 17 2000 - 10:10:28 PST

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            It's getting hosed in the sending email client... Think about those annoying
    WINMAIL.DAT's that pile up

    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Peter Wickenden [mailto:pwickenden@sevenww.co.uk]
    >Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:50 AM
    >Subject: [WinMac] PDFs suffixed .dat
    >
    >
    >Hi all
    >
    >We do a lot of PDF creation on the Mac for viewing on Windows and Macs. We
    >have one workflow that does not work 100% - if we send a Mac-created PDF
    >from one of our PC-based email applications to a Mac - sometimes it will
    >arrive, still with its icon, but suffixed .dat instead of .pdf and the file
    >is rendered useless.
    >
    >I have yet to pin down whether this is occurring with particular Macs or
    >random Macs, but, although rare, its not restricted to one client.
    >
    >I assume this is different to the 7-bit/8-bit corruption that is resolved by
    >binhex encoding. Is the PCs standard encoding (Base64) interfering? If so,
    >why, when he sends the same PDF across the room to my Mac, does the problem
    >not re-occur?
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