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From: Chet Swanson <>
Subject: Update -- Attachments
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 19:08:51 -0700

One of our list members was kind enough to remind me that part of the
problem with attachments is long messages.

Two things sometimes happen with long messages that can cause problems.
First, some email programs will automatically take a long message and
convert it to an attachment. And some Internet service providers,
commercial and other, will either reject a long message (Juno does this or
used to do this), or convert the message to an attachment (AOL used to do
this, maybe still does).

The welcome messages for these lists is supposed to mention the problems
with long messages and attachments. Since it may have been a while since
you signed onto the list, I'll briefly emphasize both issues.

1) Long messages: If you have information which is going to make for a
long message (more than a few pages or about 15KB of data) you have two
options. One is to break the long message down into several parts so that
no one part is too long for anyone. The other option is to send out a
short message with a brief synopsis of what information you have, and
invite people to contact you by PRIVATE email to request the information be
sent to them by PRIVATE email.

2) Attachments: If you have information that you want to send as an
attachment, DO NOT send it to the list. Send out a short message with a
brief synopsis of the information you have, and invite people to contact
you by PRIVATE email to request the information be sent to them by PRIVATE
email.

Thanks for your consideration. Good hunting.

Chet Swanson
Chet & Delores Swanson
Everett, WA
mailto:
http://www.premier1.net/~swanson
"Sometimes too much to drink is not enough." unknown
copyright 1997, Chester Swanson, all rights reserved

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