Attachments, anyone?--no thanks!

[Scott F. Kiesling]

I agree. Email should be text, especially lists. Besides, when people
send me a CFP (or something) as an attachment, I'm less likely to read
it than if it is in either the msg. body or a web link (which I
actually find easier to access than attachments).

And some of us use plain text email readers, and ignore html messages.

SFK

On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 10:23:42AM +0100, Alexander King wrote:
> > From: Alexander King <a.king at ABDN.AC.UK>
> > Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:23:42 +0100
> > To: LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> > Subject: Re: [LINGANTH] Attachments, anyone?--no thanks!

> > 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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