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

[sulasmin suruji]

--- deke  <web at master.gen.in.us> wrote:
> On 19 Apr 2001, at 11:07, Joshua Olson posted a
> message which said:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> I don't believe you can get AOL to leave the images
> alone.
> 
> And since Johnson-Grace compression is
> AOL-proprietary, there is
> no conversion software available. Best way to
> convert them seems 
> to be doing a screen capture.
> 
> Why don't you set up a file upload script on a
> website?  Users seem
> to have a *terrible* time when it comes to emailing
> photos, and FTP
> really confuses them, but if you have them do a
> browser upload, it 
> works 95% of the time. (Once in a while, people try
> to upload shortcut 
> (.lnk) files.... - but then, they try to *mail*
> those, too! <grin>)
> 
> deke
> 
> 
> 
> 
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