Attachments, anyone?--no thanks!

[Gaudio, Rudolf]

I agree with Scott, Valentina, et al. in thinking that the drawbacks of attachments outweigh their benefits.  They fill up my inbox, and I'm unlikely to read them in any event.

I'm not opposed to HTML messages, but wouldn't insist on allowing them either.

Rudi 

  

Rudolf P. Gaudio
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Purchase College, State University of New York
Purchase, New York 10577
rudolf.gaudio at purchase.edu



-----Original Message-----
From: Linguistic Anthropology Discussion Group on behalf of Scott F. Kiesling
Sent: Fri 7/4/2008 5:09 PM
To: LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: [LINGANTH] Attachments, anyone?--no thanks!
 
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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