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In article <921013892.2614.0.nnrp-13.d4e4b2ad@news.demon.co.uk>,
"John Pateman" <john@pateman.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I have been using the Demon DFax service for some time with only a few 
> hiccups. Up to now I have used Netscape communicator, viewed the attachments
> as links and then saved them out as TIFFs which can be opened with Graphic
> Converter. For a variety of reasons I wanted to do the same with Outlook
> Express but with no luck. I can download the files with no problem but
> cannot open them. I have tried changing the helper configurations including
> binary vs text". In each case although I can save an appropriately sized and
> named file to the desktop with the CG icon, Graphic Converter claims it
> cannot be opened. What gives? Any help gratefully received, Please reply
> direct by email if possible as I do not always get to read this ng.

It's a bit of a long shot, but try opening the file in a text editor
(something like BBEdit which can open any file type) and see if Outlook
Express has saved the file without decoding the Base 64. If that's the
case it will look something like this:

> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> Content-Disposition: inline; filename="fax-441813711000.tif"
> Content-MD5: MK90vnUA57/kOXmlBVCfIA==
> 
> SUkqAEhpAAD/Py2hOjeBEIYQHXNjoCSgREYohxAb4QolKQxuFjhRzA1lopsQT51BrInICFco
> BUJ0CDkQfIQ0RBihgMGCcLOAExUhgYRgCG4IhuBBHoLD/686BA/BtULwhyH4IoVFalg0XqSx
> [...snip...]
> AAABAAAAFgEEAAEAAAD/////FwEEAAEAAACqPAAAGgEFAAEAAACwpwAAGwEFAAEAAAC4pwAA
> HAEDAAEAAAABAAAAKAEDAAEAAAACAAAAKQEDAAIAAAACAAMAMQECAAkAAADApwAAAAAAAAAA
> gBkAACAAAACAGAAAIABmYXgydGlmZgA=

If it does, then feed it to MPack or similar Base 64 decoder and then
try Graphic Converter on the resulting file.

	MPack: <ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk//pub/mac/utils/decoders/mpack-15.hqx>
	
	YA-Decoder: <ftp://ftp.pht.com//pub/mac/info-mac/cmp/ya-decoder-241.hqx>

Stuffit Expander (v.4.5 or later) with Expander Enhancer should also do
the job - (In my experience Stuffit Deluxe 4.5 has the best Base 64
handling available on the Mac, earlier versions are nowhere near so
good).

-Alan.


-- 
Alan Staniforth ** alan@apollonia.org
"Meum est propositum/In taberna mori,/Ut sint vina proxima/Morientis ori."
       -- Anon.