Emailing MP3's

"Allan" <mu8ja0i RemoveThis @earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> It would certainly be much better to upload to a password protected
> website and let the recipient download it directly. Many ISPs now offer
> free online storage of 10GB and up. Examples are BT, Earthlink.

I have an FTP site that I use mostly for business and very large files (up
to several GB), but I didn't think it necessary for a 2.4mb file. As I said
earlier, I send larger (5mb seems to be the limit) JPG files through this
email account regularly without problems. BTW, both I and the problem
recipient have the same ISP and both are POP3 accounts. Also, two other
recipients of the same email (all BCC) reported no filename or extension
change on their end. It appears to be this one recipient who has this
problem.
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"Bob Davis" <nospam DeleteThis @nospam.net> wrote in message
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>
> I emailed an MP3 file to a person recently and it was received as a TMP
> file. I tried sending other files to him and all were received with
> filenames like ATT177.TMP, ATT178.TMP, etc. When he changes the extension
> to MP3 the file plays normally. How is the filename being changed and
> what is the source of this change, the sending or receiving computer? I'm
> sending via Outlook 2000 and he also has Outlook 2000.

This is being done by either the sender's or recipient's email client or
mail server, not by XP.

You will need to do some testing to see where exactly the change is
occurring, and the IT staff should be able to help you.

It is important in tracking this down to know what the mail servers in use
are - are they Exchange or Notes servers, for example?

HTH
-pk
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"Allan" <mu8ja0i RemoveThis @earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Bob, have you tried compressing the .mp3 into a .zip archive and sending
> the archive as the attachment instead of the .mp3 file directly? I have
> noticed people do this often to send pictures as email attachments.

No, I haven't tried that, but since MP3 is a compressed format it probably
wouldn't compress further using ZIP, so there would be little or no size
change--thus no real advantage. I might try it to see if the ZIP extension
allows it to go through without the filename/extension change, though.

None of this is causing big problems, as all the affected recipient has to
do is change the filename and extension and all is well. I'm just curious
about the cause.
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Since three others on the list for that email (all BCC's) did not have the
filename/extension change, it seems likely the source of the problem is that
one recipient's email account.

"Patrick Keenan" <test.DeleteThis@dev.null> wrote in message
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> "Bob Davis" <nospam.DeleteThis@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:I2ALi.63472$hP1.8535@newsfe13.lga...
>>
>> I emailed an MP3 file to a person recently and it was received as a TMP
>> file. I tried sending other files to him and all were received with
>> filenames like ATT177.TMP, ATT178.TMP, etc. When he changes the
>> extension to MP3 the file plays normally. How is the filename being
>> changed and what is the source of this change, the sending or receiving
>> computer? I'm sending via Outlook 2000 and he also has Outlook 2000.
>
> This is being done by either the sender's or recipient's email client or
> mail server, not by XP.
>
> You will need to do some testing to see where exactly the change is
> occurring, and the IT staff should be able to help you.
>
> It is important in tracking this down to know what the mail servers in use
> are - are they Exchange or Notes servers, for example?
>
> HTH
> -pk
>
 >> Stay informed about: Emailing MP3's 

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:09:42 -0500, "Bob Davis" <nospam RemoveThis @nospam.net>
wrote:

>
>I emailed an MP3 file to a person recently and it was received as a TMP
>file. I tried sending other files to him and all were received with
>filenames like ATT177.TMP, ATT178.TMP, etc. When he changes the extension
>to MP3 the file plays normally. How is the filename being changed and what
>is the source of this change, the sending or receiving computer? I'm
>sending via Outlook 2000 and he also has Outlook 2000.
>
>
>
>
Ask in an email group corresponding to YOUR email software. XP has
ZERO emailing capabilities and as such your question is out of place
here.
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"NoConsequence" <none DeleteThis @none.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:09:42 -0500, "Bob Davis" <nospam DeleteThis @nospam.net>
> wrote:
> Ask in an email group corresponding to YOUR email software. XP has
> ZERO emailing capabilities and as such your question is out of place
> here.

I did, but received little response. You must be a neophyte. OE is a part
of IE, which is part of XP. Thus, XP has links to email. This problem is
irrelevant to specific email software.
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"Bob Davis" <nospam.TakeThisOut@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Allan" <mu8ja0i.TakeThisOut@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:%23Ru78vwAIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>> Bob, have you tried compressing the .mp3 into a .zip archive and sending
>> the archive as the attachment instead of the .mp3 file directly? I have
>> noticed people do this often to send pictures as email attachments.
>
> No, I haven't tried that, but since MP3 is a compressed format it probably
> wouldn't compress further using ZIP, so there would be little or no size
> change--thus no real advantage. I might try it to see if the ZIP
> extension allows it to go through without the filename/extension change,
> though.
>
> None of this is causing big problems, as all the affected recipient has to
> do is change the filename and extension and all is well. I'm just curious
> about the cause.
I know that the compression advantage in saving space is negligible but
there may be a reason that MS itself does this with downloads of Technet
podcasts. The disadvantage to the recipient is that they have to decompress
(extract) the .mp3 after receiving your email.
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The problem exists only at a particular destination. It isn't a problem
caused by your software, your ISP, or your operating system. It is a
problem caused on the recipients end.

Bob Davis wrote:

>
> "NoConsequence" <none.TakeThisOut@none.net> wrote in message
> news:2an0g3pmi3c2leurm79tr08gv9s4eoggs2@4ax.com...
>
>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:09:42 -0500, "Bob Davis" <nospam.TakeThisOut@nospam.net>
>> wrote:
>> Ask in an email group corresponding to YOUR email software. XP has
>> ZERO emailing capabilities and as such your question is out of place
>> here.
>
>
> I did, but received little response. You must be a neophyte. OE is a
> part of IE, which is part of XP. Thus, XP has links to email. This
> problem is irrelevant to specific email software.
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:42:13 -0500, "Bob Davis" <nospam.DeleteThis@nospam.net>
wrote:

>
>"NoConsequence" <none.DeleteThis@none.net> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:09:42 -0500, "Bob Davis" <nospam.DeleteThis@nospam.net>
>> wrote:
>> Ask in an email group corresponding to YOUR email software. XP has
>> ZERO emailing capabilities and as such your question is out of place
>> here.
>
>I did, but received little response. You must be a neophyte. OE is a part
>of IE, which is part of XP. Thus, XP has links to email. This problem is
>irrelevant to specific email software.
NO, IE and OE are programs SEPARATE from the OS. Hence, XP HAS NO
MAIL CAPABILITIES.

Oh, and OE is NOT a part of IE.
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"NoConsequence" <none.TakeThisOut@none.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:42:13 -0500, "Bob Davis" <nospam.TakeThisOut@nospam.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"NoConsequence" <none.TakeThisOut@none.net> wrote in message
>>news:2an0g3pmi3c2leurm79tr08gv9s4eoggs2@4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:09:42 -0500, "Bob Davis" <nospam.TakeThisOut@nospam.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> Ask in an email group corresponding to YOUR email software. XP has
>>> ZERO emailing capabilities and as such your question is out of place
>>> here.
>>
>>I did, but received little response. You must be a neophyte. OE is a
>>part
>>of IE, which is part of XP. Thus, XP has links to email. This problem is
>>irrelevant to specific email software.

> NO, IE and OE are programs SEPARATE from the OS. Hence, XP HAS NO
> MAIL CAPABILITIES.
>
> Oh, and OE is NOT a part of IE.

IE and OE are packaged with Windows and integral to it. Try uninstalling IE
or OE. Then, get a life.
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On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:05:20 -0500, "Bob Davis" <nospam RemoveThis @nospam.net>
wrote:

>
>"NoConsequence" <none RemoveThis @none.net> wrote in message
>news:9kv2g3tgmlna6ojm38hqfubuhuhj9ksnbr@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:42:13 -0500, "Bob Davis" <nospam RemoveThis @nospam.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"NoConsequence" <none RemoveThis @none.net> wrote in message
>>>news:2an0g3pmi3c2leurm79tr08gv9s4eoggs2@4ax.com...
>>>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:09:42 -0500, "Bob Davis" <nospam RemoveThis @nospam.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Ask in an email group corresponding to YOUR email software. XP has
>>>> ZERO emailing capabilities and as such your question is out of place
>>>> here.
>>>
>>>I did, but received little response. You must be a neophyte. OE is a
>>>part
>>>of IE, which is part of XP. Thus, XP has links to email. This problem is
>>>irrelevant to specific email software.
>
>> NO, IE and OE are programs SEPARATE from the OS. Hence, XP HAS NO
>> MAIL CAPABILITIES.
>>
>> Oh, and OE is NOT a part of IE.
>
>IE and OE are packaged with Windows and integral to it. Try uninstalling IE
>or OE. Then, get a life.
>
>
It can be done - due to MS problems in Europe, they market Window
there that does NOT have IE installed it in at all.

Now who needs to get a life - or maybe get a grasp on how to do
research properly before correcting others?

Oh, BTW, my computer does NOT have OE on it. It works just fine, by
the way.
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