Attachments, anyone?--no thanks!

[Kate Riley]

I agree with this position as I still live with the technological constraints of dial-up at my home in Vermont....  Kate
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  From: Alexander King 
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  Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 5:23 AM
  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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