In a message dated 4/18/99 7:01:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
topsoil@indra.com writes:
<< I'd welcome other thoughts on this topic. >>
Eric,
Although I agree with your message and direction from Shay, there is another
way to deal with this that I use. On AOL, you can set your "Automatic AOL"
to only download documents that you decide you want downloaded. There may be
similar setup options with other ISPs.
Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
--part1_ae680037.244cc32b_boundary
Content-Type: message/rfc822
Content-Disposition: inline
Return-Path: <greenyes-request@earthsystems.org>
Received: from rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (rly-zb04.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.4]) by
air-zb02.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sun, 18 Apr 1999 10:01:23
-0400
Received: from gaea.earthsystems.org (gaea.envirosystemsinc.com
[206.205.42.199] (may be forged))
by rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0)
with ESMTP id KAA04548;
Sun, 18 Apr 1999 10:01:15 -0400 (EDT)
Received: (from list@localhost) by gaea.earthsystems.org (8.8.6/8.6.9) id
KAA11323; Sun, 18 Apr 1999 10:00:23 -0400
Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 10:00:13 -0400
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 08:00:40 -0600 (MDT)
From: Eric S Johnson <topsoil@indra.com>
To: greenyes@earthsystems.org
Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95q.990418075316.26444D-100000@net.indra.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Subject: [GRRN] large email attachments on greenyes
Resent-Message-ID: <"lKpBDC.A.vvC.tVeG3"@gaea>
Resent-From: greenyes@earthsystems.org
Precedence: list
Resent-Sender: greenyes-request@earthsystems.org
Resent-To: multiple recipients of <greenyes@earthsystems.org>
Reply-To: topsoil@indra.com
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I'd like to gently suggest that those posting to greenyes NOT attach giant
WORD5 or other word processing documents to the list, such as the recent
one that on my system took 193K. Rather that taking up a lot of bandwidth
(and for some of us, a considerable time downloading), a better solution
might be to describe the document briefly, post it to the web, and
provide readers with a URL where it can be found. If unsure how to do
this, it's well worth a few minutes learning how -- or, find a friend who
can do it for you.
This way, those interested in receiving the information that way can still
access it, and those who aren't interested don't have to take the time to
download it.
I'd welcome other thoughts on this topic.
Thanks,
Eric Johnson
Boulder, CO
*****************************************************
To post to the greenyes list, send a letter to:
greenyes@earthsystems.org
To unsubscribe, send a message to:
greenyes-request@earthsystems.org with the subject
unsubscribe. If you have any problems, please
write to www@earthsystems.org.
GreenYes is archived on the GrassRoots Recycling
Network web site: http://www.grrn.org
******************************************************
--part1_ae680037.244cc32b_boundary--