When it comes to construction
projects, a picture is worth a
thousand words — maybe even a thousand
bucks, if it can prevent a mistake.
By now, almost all contractors are
accustomed to sending and receiving
drawings by fax, but few consider using
e-mail because they think it's only for
text messages. Not so. With a couple of
simple software tools, you can share
just about any image or document
imaginable.
Format conflicts. One obstacle to
working with images via e-mail is that
not all imaging software is compatible.
For example, MIME (multipurpose
Internet mail extensions) refers to a standard
that allows e-mail to be exchanged
between all the different systems that
coexist on the Internet. But unless everyone
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