Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 02:59:53 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Attachments (was Re: Four cons and a meeeting this
  weekend)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

At 10:03 PM 02/12/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Elspeth Kovar <EKovar at radix.net> wrote:
> > This reminds me: can people send attachments to the list?
> > Personally, I'd really, really prefer that people don't send
> > graphics since they take so much time to download -- and always
> > seem to be in the queue just *before* whatever urgent message
> > it is that I'm waiting for.
>
>Nope.  Attachments are Right Out.
>
>Not only are they immense, but to those of us with email readers that
>simply display whatever is in the message rather than interpreting it,
>they display as thousands and thousands of lines of rubbish such as:
>
>PEhUTUw+DQo8SEVBRD4NCjxUSVRMRT5odG1sX2VtYWlsX2VzaGlydHM8L1RJVExFPg0KPE1F
>VEEgSFRUUC1FUVVJVj0iQ29udGVudC1UeXBlIiBDT05URU5UPSJ0ZXh0L2h0bWw7IGNoYXJz
>ZXQ9aXNvLTg4NTktMSI+DQo8L0hFQUQ+DQo8Qk9EWSBCR0NPTE9SPSNGRkZGRkY+DQo8IS0t
>IEltYWdlUmVhZHkgU2xpY2VzIChodG1sX2VtYWlsX2VzaGlydHMucHNkKSAtLT4NCjxUQUJM
>
>More seriously, for those who have email readers which DO interpret
>attachments, attachments can carry viruses which can trash one's
>computer and cause it to trash other people's computers via email.
>
>This list cannot be used to propagate viruses.

Uh.  May not. ;D

>Anyone who wants to show a cartoon or photograph can bring it to a
>meeting, give it to Sam for printing in the WSFA Journal, or place
>it on their personal web page and email this list the URL for it.
>--
>Keith F. Lynch - kfl at keithlynch.net - http://keithlynch.net/
>I always welcome replies to my e-mail, postings, and web pages, but
>unsolicited bulk e-mail (spam) is not acceptable.  Please do not send me
>HTML, "rich text," or attachments, as all such email is discarded unread.