Sgt Colon Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Am about to PBEM for the first time, are there any problems, file compatibility, etc? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesk A. Lin Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 No. There should be no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graaf Spee Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Mesk A. Lin: No. There should be no problems.<hr></blockquote> You are absolutely right, there SHOULDN'T be any problems. But... Not all PC users can open stuffit files. Solution: the Macuser sends his/hers files uncompressed or downloads winzip. Sometimes textfiles sent to me (I'm on a Mac) becomes corrupt. Not sure why, it could be the mailclients or the servers that screws them up. Solution: the PC user sends them zipped or changes the file encoding in the mailclient to binhex. There are probably some other problems that Ive never encountered but if you send compressed files there is never any problems. Unless the PC user cant open you files.. /Kristian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Colon Posted January 7, 2002 Author Share Posted January 7, 2002 Thanks fellas, we will see how we go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryddle Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 I'm on a PC and I regularly play Mac guys. If you are both on brodband stick to uncompressed files. I've played dozens of games vs. Mac users and have had only one or two corrupt files. If the guy is on a modem you may want to compress the lager files. I personally like having the files uncompressed b/c i'm on broadband and it's another step in the PBEM exchange that can be a nuisiance when you are trying to get through 7 or 8 concurrent games. On occasion, I have a similar problem as Graff Spee mentioned (corrupt file). Probably 1 time in 200 and, for me, it doesn't seem to relate to compression issues. (although we could be experiencing completely different issues.) HTH, Ryddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Graaf Spee: Solution: the PC user sends them zipped or changes the file encoding in the mailclient to binhex.<hr></blockquote> No need. Macs can decode Base64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graaf Spee Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Berlichtingen: No need. Macs can decode Base64.<hr></blockquote> That's what I've always thought. But it didn't work for me :-( Until my opponent changed the encoding to binhex. Like I said earlier it could be my email client that messed it up, still using Outlook express :-( /Kristian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturner Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Graaf Spee: That's what I've always thought. But it didn't work for me :-( Until my opponent changed the encoding to binhex. Like I said earlier it could be my email client that messed it up, still using Outlook express :-( /Kristian<hr></blockquote> It depends upon the mail program you are using. Most of the programs updated in the last three years should be able to handle MIME encoding. For the Mac setting, select AppleDouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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