[thelist] .ART and AOL (ooops they did it again)

Michael Roberto mjr at shriek.net
Thu Apr 19 21:43:06 CDT 2001


> Recently, I got a .ART image attached to an email.  The sender insists
that
> the file was originally a .jpg.  I did some looking and it seems like AOL
> converts images as it sends them.  As clients often send me images to use
as
> design elements on a page, this automatic conversion is problematic.  Is
> there any way to force AOL to leave the images the h**l alone or convert
> them back to something I can use once I get the images?

You could always have the user zip up the files into a winzip
or aladdin file.  I doubt aol is going to mess with a zip file.
That way you should be able to get all the files they need to
send you as well as possibly compressing them at the same time.

Mike





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