RE: New Addition In The Family - See Attached File - Apologies +

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Frank J. Bauer wrote:

]it is reasonable to expect list participants to follow list guidelines, and
]i believe binary attachments were discouraged in the quattro list
]information message i received when i subscribed.

	yeah. some people are new to the net, though, and don't
	know.  people new to computing might not know that adding
	a picture to their email message is what a "binary
	attachment" is, too.

]i know i get pissed when i am downloading email and i have to wait a few
]minutes for a large attachment to download before i can read anything.
]those who are paying per byte or by time or have a low speed connection
]will have an even lower threshold of pain than i.

	it certainly deos inconvenience some people.  i still
	am pretty sure it doesn't warrant swift and immediate
	rude flames that go the the list also.  there's pretty
	decent hipocracy in that, actually.  spamming the list
	with useless "you suck for wasting bandwidth" emails,
	i mean, *think* about it.  doing it in a rude manner
	is just an added character statement on top of it all.
	this is not about you, frank, i think people know who
	they are.  i'm not a model citizen myself.

	everyone has to learn, we all had to learn.  might as
	well make the experience nice for everyone.

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