Måkjager Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 Yep..2 guys just about to pull the last remaining hairs outta their heads Background...i am using an imac and my bud is using a pc. We are playing 2 pbem games at the moment..one a QB and the other the "Clash of Eagles" scenario. We are into Turn 5 in the Clash game but have been unable to proceed any further as my bud cannot open the file i sent to him. I am zipping the turn using DropZip , its prefs are set to Max compression level , zip originals , dont zip files that are already compressed , UUencoding is off and MacBinary is set to never. My Outlook express is set up to encode for Windows ( MIME/Base64) and compression is off. I had problems when he sent me a file in the body of the email as the files ( 1MB size ) were too big for me to open so i was unable to do a Save As on em....so i started using DropZip/StuffIt Expander . I have been able to play the other pbem which was sent in the body of the email. Any help / pointer would be appreciated as we are anxious to continue knocking the stuffing out of one another Regards Måkjager 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 Secrets for Mac/PC PBEM Nirvana: <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Send all files as attachments <LI>Use ZiptIt to zip files. Get it at versiontracker.com<LI>Unzip with either ZipIt or StuffitDeluxe These are Mac programs, by the way. Hope it helps. Gyrene [ 04-24-2001: Message edited by: Gyrene ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesk A. Lin Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 I had more or less the same problem. Me as a Mac user vs PC Users. I do now always code the files in the Outlook express for Windows (MIME/base64); no suppression(?) Komprimierung(dt) activated. It work's fine now with all other users I play. Hopefully that helps regards 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmead Posted April 24, 2001 Share Posted April 24, 2001 I do no compression at all. My current opponent and I send uncompressed files as attachments using Outlook. I then do a save as on my end and save it to my PBEM folder. To send it back I just attach the uncompressed file, I have no idea what my opponent does. When we first started, I used my Hotmail and he could not get it to work. Windows users tend to have more difficulty with attachments and general file issues. With Mac opponents, it tends to be easier, just as with Win to Win it is probably easier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted April 25, 2001 Share Posted April 25, 2001 Its EASY! If the Mac player sends the files from Outlook, that MicroSoft Product, will "encode" the attachment in a way that ALL other PC's running monopolistic Microsoft products, will be HAPPY to recieve them. No stuffing or zipping or anything, just attach and send pbem files in Outlook express, the software is FREE and it it works fine. Easy easy solution. -tom w 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Måkjager Posted April 25, 2001 Author Share Posted April 25, 2001 Thanks for all the advice guys...its appreciated I am still waiting for my bud to get in touch so as i can find out if we still got a gam....failing that...i am off out to buy a wig Regards Måkjager 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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