Dear all,
Just a brief message to echo what Greg has said about avoiding the use of
attachments and to reinforce the informal rules I circulated in January (I have
pasted them below).
Thanks,
John Hudson,
Social-policy list owner
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3. Sending attachments to the list
There has been some concern of late about large attachments being sent
to the list. The basic policy in relation to attachments is that WE
STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST PEOPLE SENDING ATTACHMENTS TO THE LIST. There
are three key reasons for this:
(i) it is an ineffective way of spreading your message. Not all members
can read attachments and many find them irritating. If you CAN, it is
better to send your message as a plain, text based e-mail
(ii) e-mail attachments are the most effective way to spread computer
viruses - something as an innocent word processed document can
inadvertently contain a viruses that is set loose once the attachment is
opened
(iii) attachments can be a real nuisance for members with slow machines
or those who work from home with dial-up modem connections. This is
especially the case with large attachments that can take a considerable
time to download and, as a consequence, put someone's machine out of
action while they try to download an attachment that may even be of no
interest to them.
In some cases there may be a need to circulate a document quickly to as
many members of the social policy community as possible (the recent
example of draft guidelines on postgraduate funding etc springs to
mind). In such cases, the use of attachments can be unavoidable.
However, if you are posting a flyer for a study day, conference, new
journal or book, please refer list members to a website where they can
view full details, rather than sending full details to the list. If you
do not have the facility to place your material on a website, it is
often possible to place such flyers on the SPA's website
(http://www.social-policy.com), which is run alongside this list. If you
would like to advertise an event on this site please contact me at
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Unfortunately, the jiscmail software does not allow me to automatically
block the sending of attachments in any shape or form and advises 'user
education' as the way forward, so please try to follow these guidelines.
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