Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In <199703010734.IAA20312@ftp20.jet.es>, on 03/01/97 at 07:34 AM, "Nicolas Levinton" <nicolev@jet.es> said: >I received this private e-mail of somebody I am not going to mention >his/her name: >>I would be most appreciative if, in the future, you refrained from postin >>attachments or binaries to your LUG messages. These take FOREVER to >>download and, as they don't interest many of the members, constitute wast >>bandwidth. >The annoying attachment that this guy refers to, was on my recent message >titled "a bit of history", and it s a text file, in word format, just for >its ease of use, and for if somebody considerd it interesting enough to >keep. The text is four or five times shorter than a big percentage of >the messages I receive daily from LUG. But that s not the point. >Particularily the guy that sent me this happens to be "wasting bandwidth" >all the time with issues like personal politic views, and a long etc >which by the way don t interest ME a single bit but I download them >anyway. So I consider my message and its attachment to be of interest to >a potential big part of the group, and though I don t think I ll feel the >need of doing it again, but if I do I will. >Unless of course a BIG PART of the group finds it annoying, and expresses >so PUBLICLY. >Sorry for the inconveniences. > Nicolas Levinton. Madrid. SPAIN > nicolev@jet.es Nicholas I have problems with attachments so they are wasted on me. Might I suggest you post that you have it and have interested people private email you if they want to get it... seems that should make all parties 'happy' Dennis Experience is a tough teacher. It gives the test before the lesson. - -unknown