> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Allen > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:42 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Emailing jpeg images with Evolution 2.8.0 > > On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 00:31 +0100, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > > Andrew Allen wrote on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:24:52 +0000: > > > > > I recently emailed an important jpeg image to a > colleague, but when he > > > tried to insert it into a document it 'failed'. It > appears that when > > > jpegs are attached to messages, they become 'corrupted' - > is this a > > > known problem with evolution, and/or is there a way of solving the > > > problem? > > > > I'm missing a crucial part here: verification. He received > the mail and he > > "inserted" it. Well, there's no mention that he saved it > and *looked* at > > it. How do you know that it was corrupted *before* "insertion"? > > > Good point - having investigated the matter further, it appears that > this is another compatibility issue between Microsoft and the rest of > us! My colleague was trying to insert the jpeg image into a > MS Publisher > document, having saved the image etc. The image was not > 'accepted' by MS > Publisher, whereas when I ran a test to insert the same emailed image > into an OpenOffice document it worked fine! So I was mistaken to say > that the image was corrupted - I'll just have to pass the image to my > colleague by means other than email. > > Andy Nonesense.. Have you ever herd of tarring up and gziping the file then email it. I never have that problem with Evolution. Your friend can also download 7zip for Windows to open it. JohnStanley