Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:18:42 -0500 To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Not the regular monthly announcement Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Well, If I was one of the culprits, I can tell you why I didn't clean up and resend my message. Because I didn't know my mail had been blocked. And if I wasn't, then obviously this doesn't apply to me. At 11:12 PM 12/12/2005, you wrote: >I should have made the regular monthly announcement yesterday, when >this list was 46 months old. But I was at Philcon, or on my way home >from it, all day. > >Nobody new has subscribed since last month, so everyone here has >already seen the regularly monthly message, which will return next >month. > >So I'll just remind everyone that HTML messages and messages with >attachments cannot be posted to the list, for several reasons, >including the fact that they can convey viruses and web bugs, which >can reveal your private information to others. If your mailer >defaults to sending HTML, please see http://www.expita.com/nomime.html >for instructions on how to turn it off. I suggest you turn it off >for everyone, since more and more people are deleting all such email >unread. (The August 2003 Consumer Reports magazine is one of many >sources that recommends deleting HTML email unread to cut down on >spam.) > >I mention this because the last two messages directed at this list >(sent by two different people, both of whom should know better) were >both blocked due to HTML. One also had an enormous attachment. >Neither sender cleaned up and re-sent their message. Candy (301)345-6635