Dear Steven,
 
At 09:00 AM 3/29/98 -0600, you wrote:
>HELP!  I have recently received a shell picture as an email attachment from
>someone in Europe.  They use a MAC and I a PC.  The format has a suffix of
>.hqx and I have been unable to open it.  They supposedly have sent it as a
>JPEG MAC and TIFF PC and while the files are different size they both have
>the same suffix - .hqx.  I have tried various graphics software packages
>but alas no luck.  Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steven
 
The MAC .hqx file extension designates a compressed file in ASCII or text.
So I doubt that any image information is contained in that file.  Check to
see where your Internet browser email, or dedicated email program saves
emails attachments on your hard drive.   If attached properly you should
find files that contain file extensions with .jpg and/or .tif  -  no paint
or draw program will be able to open an .hqx file.
 
Rich
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