Maxbulk Mailer supports the inclusion of attachments or enclosures, so you can add pictures, a Microsoft Word, an Acrobat PDF or any type of document to your mail out. To add an attachment just drag and drop the corresponding file to the clip icon, to the attachment list or directly onto the message. Set the encoding if necessary.
Press the disclosure triangle to show the attachment list. Additionally you can use the Add and Delete buttons to modify the list and double-click attachments to open them with the associated viewer application. Command-Clicking an attachment lets you replace it.
Encoding
Default encoding is Base64. Base64 is fine for most documents and MacBinary, BinHex, AppleSingle and AppleDouble for Apple specific files like applications that may contain a resource fork. You can use UUEncode instead of Base64 for documents but be aware that old applications like Claris Emailer will not decompress them properly.
MacBinary, BinHex and AppleSingle encode your files grouping Resource fork and Data fork into a single binary file which is converted back to its original state once delivered. This is handy when sending applications or pictures with a built-in preview. Furthermore AppleDouble encode your file into two separated files, one for the Resource fork and other for the Data fork so if you send for example a picture with a custom preview icon and a built-in preview stored as resources inside the resource fork, if the target recipient has a Mac, he will get the full document when a PC user will get the picture itself only. AppleDouble is the best way to send documents that contain a resource fork and standard data in the data fork and recipients can be both Macs and PCs.
Inline attachments
MaxBulk supports inline attachments and inline pictures in the message body. Inline attachments are files including pictures that are placed anywhere in your message. Inline pictures are inline attachments as well but will be embedded inside the HTML code if present. In all cases the attachment tags or picture references should correspond to the files you have attached to your document.
You have to be very careful about the total size of your attachments when sending individual messages because you will send as many times that size during the delivery. That means sending 10Kb to 1,000 recipients will generate 10Mb traffic! With a 2Kb/s bandwidth it will take 1 hour and 25 minutes.
