Re: attachements
- To: <m*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Re: attachements
- From: "* <t*@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 05:21:56 -0400
On 5/27/99 2:26 AM Charles Dills (cdills@fix.net) said:
> At the risk of starting this all over, I would like to make a few
>points.
> 1) I rarely send attachments.
> 2) When I do send one to the group I try to make it something the
>entire group would be interested in.
> 3) I send it no bigger that 4 x 6 inches and no more detailed than
>72 dpi.
> 4) I also use a system that has a good compression program. I
>recommend JPEG rather that TIFF or some of the others.
>
> I'm sure most people can handle that and would welcome it
>occasionally when you really have something valuable to communicate!
Since I run a small (tropical hibiscus) mail list, here's my perspective.
People are constantly told on my list not to send attachments and the
software, LetterRip (Mac), is configured to try to stop all attachments.
The reasons are: (1.) some subscribers may have small mailboxes (WebTV,
AOL) and a large attachment could fill them and prevent their receipt of
any more mail. (2.) Not everyone has our cheap $20/mo. Internet access
and may be charged for the larger volume. (3.) With so many viral
attachments on the Internet, many people are afraid of all attachments.
(4.) Some subscribers' software can't handle attachments. (5.) Other
people's software requires a 2-step process to dispose of messages w/
attachments. (6.) Digests may be affected.
Last week a subscriber sneaked a fairly small JPEG past my mail list's
software and the list's e-mail started bouncing as some mailboxes reached
their limits. Subscribers in the digest mode got an attachment filled
with stuff like this:
M_]C_X `02D9)1@`!`0$`E@"6``#__@`F1FEL92!W<FET=&5N(&)Y($%D;V)E
M(%!H;W1O<VAO<*@@-2XR_]L`0P`(!08'!@4(!P8'"0@("0P3# P+"PP8$1(.
M$QP8'1T;&!L:'R,L)1\A*B$:&R8T)RHN+S$R,1XE-CHV,#HL,#$P_]L`0P$(
M"0D,"@P7# P7," ;(# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P
M,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P_\ `$0@!NP)L`P$B``(1`0,1`?_$`!\```$%
M`0$!`0$!```````````!`@,$!08'" D*"__$`+40``(!`P,"! ,%!00$```!
M?0$"`P`$$042(3%!!A-180<B<10R@9&A""-"L<$54M'P)#-B<H()"A87&!D:.
Everyone on my list is told that, if they have anything they feel
everyone will want to see, to please e-mail it to me and I'll put on a
Web page and post the URL. Personally, I'd never want to guess what all
subscribers would be interested in.
my 2 farthings
Tom Miller
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