Date:         Tue, 9 Jul 1996 14:45:53 GMT
Reply-To:     David Nichols <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         David Nichols <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Organization: SPSS, Inc.
Subject:      Re: Transfer of SPSS-files via e-mail

In article <1.5.4.16.19960709113258.38673586@minerva.data.ks.se>,
Staffan Lindberg  <slind@MHK.KS.SE> wrote:
>I'm going to exchange a lot of SPSS-files with Norway this autumn and wonder
>if anyone has some experience of transferring them via e-mail. Basically
>what I am asking is:
>
>1. Is it at all possible ?
>
>2. If so, in what format should they be sent (.sav or .por or some other) ?
>
>3. Does it require special configurations of the e-mail program (both at the
>sending and receiving end) ?
>
>We're using SPSS Windows 6.1.3 under Windows 3.11 and Eudora Light version
>1.5.4 as e-mail clients.
 
I don't know many details about this, but I know that it is in
principle possible to transfer .sav files directly, as I have
had a number of users email them to me, and have successfully
saved them and opened them right up in SPSS for Windows. I've
also had such files (and others) come in as encrypted or
encapsulated pieces or attachments, which Microsoft Mail is
generally incapable (at least at the present time and under
our current configuration) of successfully decoding.
 
When sending one here internally, I can simply insert the file
as an attachment. If your mailer allows this, give it a try.
 
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Nichols             Senior Support Statistician              SPSS, Inc.
Phone: (312) 329-3684     Internet:  nichols@spss.com     Fax: (312) 329-3668
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------