E-mail attachment problem: can't attach greyed-out apps to e-mail

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Hi,

Newbie question:

I've been trying to send some of the standard X apps via e-mail, but they are always greyed out and unselectable in the attachments file dialog (Both with Eudora and Entourage).

In a general sense, how does one fix this? (Assuming it's fixable).

It would help me a lot to understant the underlying issues.

THanks!
 
I'm guessing that what you're seeing is the fact that only *files* can be attached, not folders. Some applications are really folders/packages. For example, if you right-click on Mail in the finder and choose "Show Package Contents" you can wander through the Mail.app "folder".

To send these, you'll need to archive them first with Stuffit or with tar. I find tar easier, mainly since it's already hanging around. From a command line, you can 'cd' to the Applications directory and type:

tar -czf Mail.app.tar.gz Mail.app

Then you should be able to attach the Mail.app.tar.gz file.
BTW, to get Mail.app back, type:

tar -xzf Mail.app.tar.gz
 
Thanks very much, I tried that and it worked!

Now I understand things just a *little* bit better!

Seriously, I'm grateful for your help.

Thanks again!
 
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