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Why does your MAC change documents into dat files when sending attachments to a PC?
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∙ 12y ago
A .dat extension is general Data file which could contain anything pictures, videos or txt etc. The file may be renamed .dat at any point on its journey between the two computers as it will pass through several computer systems. If the recipient knows it is a .doc file they can just change the extension. Alternatively before sending the file right click on its icon and select Compress "File Name" from the menu that appears. This will create a .zip archive of the file which you can send and should arrive safely.
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What is a Email attatchment?
Where you can send a photo or document or music along with your e-mail.
Files that are included with an email message are often referred to as?
Typical attachments include Microsoft Word documents, PDF documents and scanned images of paper documents.
Do I need PDF files?
PDF files are a common method for sending documents and books. You would have to decide for yourself whether the tax form, ebook, manual, flier, etc... was needed or not.
I can't open attachment in my hotmail. The files are gray?
The most likely cause is that your security settings are set to not allow attachments from being opened. You would need to change these settings to allow attachments.
What is a file or picture sent along with an email or message?
I believe you are referring to attachments? They are computer files which is sent along with an e-mail message. The file is not a separate message, but now it is almost universally sent as part of the message to which it is attached.
Risks be of downloading email attachments?
Such email attachments can be dangerous as they may contain worms and trojans that can immediately infect computers, once opened by the unsuspecting user. There are a lot of things that one can do to protect his/her computer from the risks coming from email attachments: - Configuring the email client used, to block opening/saving of email attachments that may have risk potential. As an example, Outlook has an option to block email attachments that are potentially dangerous. - Use an antivirus that also has the ability to scan incoming/outgoing email. Norton Antivirus is an example of such product. The antivirus works by scanning incoming/outgoing emails, and in most cases they are able to clean up the message by removing dangerous/infected attachments, and preserving harmless content. It is very important to keep your antivirus updated on a daily basis, so you are protected from the latest worms and dangerous executables that may be sent through email attachments. - Learn about email attachment risks. Keep informed about the latest virus threats that come via email, and how they disguise themselves in order to be opened by the unsuspecting user. - Disable hidden file name extensions on your Windows-based computer. Some attachments may come as exacutables with a hidden extension, like .shs or .lnk for example. A virus may reach your computer as an email attachment with two extensions, for example FILENAME.TXT.shs ; due to the fact that .shs files have hidden extension on Windows computers, the user may try to open the FILENAME.TXT file which may seem harmless, but in fact he ends up executing the .shs binary file and infecting his computer in this fashion. - Pay attention to filenames. There are lots of cases when hidden extensions are used, just like described above. Also, in some cases there are a lot of spaces inserted inside the filename, so the true extension of the file may scroll that much to the right, that we can't see it inside email client. - Do not open any kind of email attachments that appear suspicious. Do not open any kind of executable files that are being sent to you. Some people may send you funny video files or similar things; they may even be your friends, unsuspecting that what they are sending actually contains a virus. Do not send such email attachments to your friends as well. - Do not open email attachments from people that you do not know or you do not trust. - Be aware that there are some files that come as email attachments in the format of zip files or other archives, in orde to trick antivirus scanners from detecting executable content. If you receive a zip file from someone you do not know, you should assume it must be dangerous. - Be aware that Office documents like Excel spreadsheets or Word documents can be dangerous as well. Some people are actually sending emails with Office documents as attachments, even unaware that the documents they are creating and sending to you, are infected by a macro virus, which is a virus written for Office documents, since Office documents can contain hidden programs. To protect from such problems, disable macros in your Office programs. Hopefully, these advices will prove useful to you, in protecting your computer from risks coming from email attachments, in the future. Also try to tell others about the risks
What is PC worlds email and fax?
Email is a process of sending letter/files electronically using internet networks. Fax is a process of transmitting files/documents through telephone networks using fax machine.
Advantages of fax machine in the business?
Sending hand-filled forms, and hand written documents and signature can be easily sent to different locations using fax. And this fax files can be use as legal documents. http://www.extremefax.com
What does the command CD do?
CD stands for "change directory". For instance, if you are in the directory of c:\files\ and you want to navigate to a folder within the "files" directory called "documents", you can type "cd documents" to change the directory you are in. Once you've done that you will be at c:\files\documents\. Inversely you can use "cd.." to go back to the parent directory "files".
What file attachments may be restricted by an email provider?
differant providers block differant things but genrally its things like .exe and .bat files and some scan the files for viruses when sending and receving and they search for certain terms. some can get through so be carefull
What is the phone attachment that enables the sending and receiving of files?
E-mail enables the sending and receiving of files.
Why some computer users may have difficulty in sending and receiving emails with attachments?
Some mail services only support files up to a certain file size. Check with whoever is providing your email service. Even if your service supports larger files, the service of the person you are sending it to may not, and vice versa.
