I'm sure I'm not alone in being somewhat irritated at receiving yet another vastly oversized attachment today (a 1 megabyte forwarded message). At the risk of being labelled a Netcop, may I draw attention to the guidelines from the List Owner regarding attachments:
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.
These members have posted attachments that were in excess of 500Kb over the past 12 months or so:
Merz Hoare 2005-05-25 1.1mb
Merz Hoare 2005-02-04 815kb
Merz Hoare 2005-05-03 758kb
Merz Hoare 2005-02-11 758kb
Merz Hoare 2005-05-13 756kb
Merz Hoare 2005-04-21 752kb
Merz Hoare 2005-05-24 696kb
Merz Hoare 2005-04-15 651kb
Gary Craig 2006-03-23 1.4mb
Gary Craig 2006-02-16 663kb
Gary Craig 2006-02-16 542kb
Mark Wright 2005-02-15 1.1mb
Jane Allen 2006-02-10 919kb
Angus Erskine 2005-06-02 803kb
Junko Yamashita 2005-06-08 866kb
Oliver Hayllar 2005-11-09 598kb
Peter Taylor-Gooby 2005-02-23 594kb
Lucie Hayes 2006-02-27 559kb
Another 28 posts (from 14 list members) have been greater than 100kb.
Paul Ashton
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2006-03-23
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