Golly. What a day. Lengthy debate on attachments,
flames, netiquette, etc.
Since the debate still seems to be going on, I'll
note that:
1) Attachments do create problems. I support
Charlie Wankel's position on this for the many
reasons he and others gave.
2) Setting email program to forbid attachments
is not an option for some of us. We work on projects
that require us to send files back and forth among
many colleagues. Forbidding attachments would make
our project work difficult.
3) I dial up from my home office. Large attachments
take forever. Massive attachments shut the system down.
4) Distributing attachments to large lists -- even
on internal systems -- can create problems. Our
IT staff has a strict policy against attachments to
our intramural lists, despite our excellent IT
facilities. The 21st century may bring new
possibilities, but thus far, we're still in the 20th.
5) Many reposted prior messages with repeats
and threepeats of reposted responses. Why not
summarize and reply to salient issues? At least
edit and discard headers and sigs. Care using reply
function is helpful.
Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
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