Attachments, anyone?--no thanks!

[phil cash cash]

Just to add to the discussion...harmful attachments have never been a  
problem on the 4 listservs I tinker with.  When you have a  
distributed-based scholarship then attachments are a must, but if the  
listserv functions simply as an informational resource then  
attachments may not be as critical.  Too, the idea that attachments  
are fluff/cosmetic are not consistent with their high informational  
value among the more remote (rural/reservation) communities that I  
connect with and provide listserv space to.

Phil Cash Cash (Cayuse/Nez Perce)
University of Arizona

On Jul 3, 2008, at 7:42 AM, galey modan wrote:

> 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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