Thanks for this Joanne, it's a helpful reminder. Perhaps if discussions on a
cpouple of topics really take off like this we could find a way of mounting
resources or short articles on the ILT website. How do list members feel
about this? Would it be helpful? Has anyone got any suggestions?
While I'm online, can I encourage the many list members who haven't
introduced themselves to send a short introduction and suggest some topics
for debate. The subjects started so far have definitely got people talking
so let's keep up the good work!
Keep posting!
Alison
-----Original Message-----
From: Joanne Allison [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 09 October 2000 08:57
To: ILT Mailbase
Subject: Discouraging attachments
Hello, at the risk of sounding like a sourpuss first thing on a Monday, I
wonder whether you would feel it appropriate to discourage attachments to
the list?
The mailbase FAQ contains:
27.Can I send attachments to Mailbase lists?
Please don't.
If you use attachments, a lot of people won't be able read your file, either
because their email program uses a different method of decoding files, or
because they don't have the right word processing software. Also, some
people have a limited amount of storage space for email, and if this is
filled up by messages with attached files then all other messages are
rejected
Roger might have felt that his messages would be a bit long but as Word
files they were 21 and 23KB respectively - an awful lot of bytes of network
traffic when multiplied by the 208 people on the list!
Best wishes,
Joanne
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