attachment solutions

[m chuk]

hallo all.
the Lyris list [USF] server simply returns all messages with
attachments, non-ascii type, &c., with a message (see below)
recommending the member let others on the list know that she has a
file available to those interested persons who contact her offlist.
while the non-ascii prohibition may be problematic for certain
language fonts, the solution for attachments seems to be a good one.
[all those little .vcf attachments that pile up in one's files ...]

o, and all subject headers are preceded by the list's name ;
efficacious aide for knowing from whence comes the mail before it's
opened. i wish all groups did this.

marsha chuk
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Reply-To: "Lyris List Manager" <lyris at lists.acomp.usf.edu>
To: m.chuk at umontreal.ca
Subject: CULTSTUD-L does not allow file attachments
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 17:19:54 -0500

Your message has been rejected because it contains a file attachment --
which CULTSTUD-L does not allow.

If you're not actually trying to send a file attachment of some sort, the
odds are good that your message is formatted using HTML or "fancy" fonts
of some sort -- which the server interprets as a file attachment .  If
this describes your message, then you should be able to solve the problem
by resending your post as plaintext.  No boldface, no italics, no shifts
in color or font.

If you have a file (e.g., a WordPerfect document, an image, etc.)
that you would like to share with the list, the preferred approach is to
send a brief note to the list describing the file in question and asking
interested people to contact you OFFlist for a copy.

Cheers,
Gil Rodman
CULTSTUD-L list manager