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Barbara Patterson wrote: > As you are all aware, sending attachments causes problems for many of our > listmembers. Not only are they unable to read the message containing the > attachment but also miss out on the rest of the messages from the list. > I have been sending an 'alert' to many of our listmembers who send > attachments...most of them reply that they will find out how to avoid > doing that. Others never reply or acknowledge receiving my message. > Many other lists give their members one notice and then delete the > offender the next time they send an attachment. I don't really want to This has been an increasing problem on many lists. It does indeed stem from the fact that the Microsoft mailers transmit RTF and HTML attachments by default (I think that this represents Microsoft's attempts to "take over" the Internet by changing the old standards of "text only"). If anyone is using a Microsoft mailer such as Outlook or Express, then one has to purposely change the default so that plain text only is sent. Some of these attachments are merely annoying. Others, however, jam up the lists, especially the Digests, and some even crash other peoples' mailers (it does that to me occasionally). My recommendation is that people who send attachments be warned twice, each time being told how to re-set their mailer. If they send an attachment the third time, then I think they ought to be unsubscribed. Best, Bob *********************************** ROBERT A. FINK, M. D., F.A.C.S. Neurological Surgery 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA Phone: (510) 849-2555 FAX: (510) 849-2557 WWW: <http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/> mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ***********************************