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re:that nasty little attachment

>
>I expect I'd also be classified as one of those with "dinosaur equipment,"
>and since I might inconvenience or slow someone down, I think, for now, I'll
>get off the list. Besides, I need to spend less time reading e-mails that I
>don't learn anything from, and more time trying to earn more money so I can
>keep up with some of you.
>

I think it is safe to say that most discussion lists are composed of diverse 
groups of people, some of which have "dinosaur" equipment and some of which 
have good equipment but are held back by their Internet Service Provider's 
capabilities.  In rural areas, choices are often quite limited if you want a 
local access phone number.  At any rate, since Troy Nayler has generously 
offered us an alternative way to disseminate file attachments, perhaps as a 
matter of courtesy to the less fortunate we could reach some sort of 
compromise?  Maybe someone could propose a limit to the size of files which 
would be considered acceptable to post to the group.  Those who could not 
live with any attachments might still have to unsubscribe, but at least the 
standard wouldn't be every technocrat's "my way or the highway" attitude.
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