[X4U] Entourage question

[lisa]

Hi,
   Linda is right on track with what is happening.  :)  Entourage has 
the ability to compress all attached items on the fly.  So if you're 
sending multiple attachments and or large attachment(s) instead of 
creating a zip, tar, etc.. archive before you attach the items 
Entourage can do this for you on the fly.  You have two options on how 
to get this to happen.
1)On the fly - When you attach a file and you are looking at the 
attachment pane (if you don't see the attachment pane click on the 
triangle next to the word attachment in the compose window) you will 
see a bar at the bottom of the pane.  Mine says, Encode for any 
computer (AppleDouble), no compression.  If you click on this bar you 
will get options for how to send the attachments.  If you look under 
the Compression heading you will see an option for None or Macintosh 
(Stuffit) if you select Macintosh (Stuffit) Entourage will 
automatically create a stuffit archive file of your attachment(s) when 
it sends out the message.

2) Permanent option - You can also set this behaviour to be the default 
by going into the Entourage preferences and clicking on Compose and 
under the Attachments heading set compression to Macintosh (Stuffit). 
This will cause Entourage to (by default) create stuffit archives of 
any sent attachments.


It is possible your wife accidently clicked on the bar in the 
attachment pane and turned on the compression.  I will admit, when I 
use it Entourage never prompts me for if I want to use it or not.  If I 
turn it on it just does it, no questions asked, but it could be due to 
a difference in versions.  I have Entourage 2004, v11.2.5.

Hope this helps some :)

-lisa
On Aug 11, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Linda wrote:

> On 8/11/06 8:47 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>
>> A friend of my wife called me because she wanted to mail a Word
>> document and when she clicked on 'Add Attachment' a question came up
>> if it should be compressed.
>> What's that?  I've never seen Entourage, but compress a document is
>> strange to me.
>> If possible if someone can send a (or a few) screen picts how to do
>> to my address.
>
> She doesn't have to click Add Attachment. She can simply drag and drop 
> the
> doc on a plain text message and it will automatically attach.
>
> Many times documents are compressed -- stuffed or zipped -- before 
> emailing,
> to reduced up- and download time, and to help maintain their integrity 
> as
> they travel through the Internet. If Entourage is asking this, it 
> means that
> it has the capabilities to compress it without further interaction on 
> her
> part -- all she has to do is answer yes, and possibly which format she
> wants, if it should ask that on the next screen.
>
> I don't know which version of En'rage she's using, but I've used it 
> since OS
> 9 days, and I've not gotten that question -- but typically I compress 
> files
> before sending on my own. I *have* gotten that question when attaching 
> a
> FOLDER rather than a single document -- En'rage MUST compress a folder 
> if
> you attach multiple docs in a single folder. Your only choices in that
> situation are to say Okay, or say No and attach them one at a time 
> rather
> than in a folder.
>
> I'd like to be more help but I've not run into exactly what you're
> describing. Perhaps if you can get the actual wording of the error 
> message?
>
> ~Linda
>
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