Re: [Freetype] Could people avoid sending attachments to the list?

[Peter Montgomery]

Tom,

    If you're referring to people sending large files, I agree.
However, after it was pointed out that sending large files is bad form ,
the attachments have been in the 20 Kb area.  Do you find this to be
unacceptable?  Even on a 14.4 modem we're talking a total download time
of 15 to 20 seconds.  I find it hard to imagine that this is too large
an imposition to put on people who subscribe to this list.  I believe
that a total of three bitmaps have been sent in the last few days.
Ignoring the first oversize attachment, this is less than a minute of
added download time.  I'm curious if you find this onerous.

    Thanks,
    PeterM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wenlin Institute" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 10:11 AM
Subject: [Freetype] Could people avoid sending attachments to the list?


>
> Dear Freetype People,
>
> I enjoy using Freetype and being subscribed to the list very much, but
I
> suspect I'm not the only subscriber who would generally prefer not to
> receive attachments like all the bitmap files that have been going
around
> recently.
>
> Where possible, could people put files somewhere to be downloaded, and
just
> put the URL's into their messages to the list? Where this isn't
possible,
> an alternative would be to send the attachments only to those
individuals
> who specifically request them, rather than to the entire list.
>
> Sorry if I'm wrong about the prevailing etiquette; maybe I'm at fault
for
> not having some kind of e-mail filtering. I certainly wouldn't want to
> inhibit the great exchanges of ideas that are going on.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Tom Bishop