Attachments, anyone?--no thanks!

[Alexander King]

I completely agree with Claire. HTML email is fluff--just cosmetics  
that gets in the way. Attachments aren't necessary because you can  
post a PDF on the web--everyone has a website, right? And circulate a  
URL. Most attachments ARE NOT necessary anyway. They tend to be  
clumsy word docs that could have been ASCII email anyway.

I vote no attachments.

Alex

On 3 Jul 2008, at 6:18, Claire Bowern wrote:

> I strongly disagree. It's a great way to spread viruses. Remember  
> also that this is not just a US-based list and in parts of the  
> world where you have to pay per mb for download html posting and  
> large attachments clog up inboxes. There's no reason why posters  
> can't send round a link to a web page.
> Claire
>
> 2008/7/3 Ronald Kephart <rkephart at unf.edu>:
> On 7/2/08 2:47 PM, "Susan Seizer" <sseizer at INDIANA.EDU> wrote:
>
> I vote to allow attachments and HTML postings at this point. It  
> facilitates circulatation of ideas re: phenomena in the public  
> sphere about which we may be thinking.
>
> I agree, especially the attachments. Sometimes that's the easiest  
> way to share things with IPA.
>
> Ron
>
>

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