Attachments, anyone?--no thanks!

[galey modan]

I prefer no attachments, too -- too much clutter, and very easy just
to paste in a link for something on a webpage.

For non-web attachments -- I can imagine, for example, people sending
syllabi -- is there a place on linguistlist where they can be
uploaded? That way anyone who wanted to could go and look at it, and
those who weren't interested wouldn't have big messages taking up
space -- as Claire points out, still an issue for lots of people.

Galey

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Alexander King <a.king at abdn.ac.uk> wrote:
> 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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