The differences between an attachment in the Attach and Body

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tuqqer

In Entourage X (latest version), you can place an attachment so that
it lands in the Attachment field, or in the body of the email.

When I create a 246k PDF, and place it in the Attach field, it arrives
to the recipient exactly as it left: a 246k PDF.

BUT—and this is so weird— when I place that same 246k PDF in the Body
of the email, it arrives to the recipient as 146k JPG !!!!

I've known about this for years, I don't even mind it (kind of handy
to half the size of a PDF, which more people have trouble opening
anyway) but I'm now wanting to know if this is some feature that was
built specifically into E'rage, or a glitch, or what.

Anyone know? Any intentional advantage/disadvantage over either
method?
 
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Dave Cortright

In Entourage X (latest version), you can place an attachment so that
it lands in the Attachment field, or in the body of the email.

When I create a 246k PDF, and place it in the Attach field, it arrives
to the recipient exactly as it left: a 246k PDF.

BUT—and this is so weird— when I place that same 246k PDF in the Body
of the email, it arrives to the recipient as 146k JPG !!!!

I've known about this for years, I don't even mind it (kind of handy
to half the size of a PDF, which more people have trouble opening
anyway) but I'm now wanting to know if this is some feature that was
built specifically into E'rage, or a glitch, or what.

Anyone know? Any intentional advantage/disadvantage over either
method?
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I think Entourage is using Quicktime to convert the file format to JPG since
it's much more likely that other e-mail apps will be able to view JPGs
in-line.
 
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