I apologise to all for any inconvenience and irritation caused by my
sending attachments. It seemed to me to be the most economical way of
sending bulk information but I acknowledge it has overwhelmed some
colleagues. I will try to do better.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Social-Policy is run by SPA for all social policy specialists
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Ashton
Sent: 23 March 2006 22:49
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Attachments to postings
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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