Subject: Re: Waterville Plat. WOS Trip = formatted file attachments.
Date: Nov 14 10:33:23 1997
From: "D. Victor" - dvictor at u.washington.edu


Hi Tweets,

Please *don't* send attached formatted files to Tweeters.

Many (perhaps 200 of the 600+) subscribers are on the DIGEST mode where
they receive just one large message the next day. Any attached formatted
files appear inside the DIGEST message as a whole bunch of nonsensical
ASCII characters. These ASCII characters take a lot of space which DIGEST
readers have to page through to find the next text portion of the DIGEST
message.

So, it's ok to advertise a "formatted" file on Tweeters and then
send it to those individuals who request it. But it does make a mess
of things if it goes to the whole list.

Should you wish the whole list to see your formatted file you could save
it as a text only copy, and then include it inside the text of your
message.

Thanks for your helping keep our list running smoothly,

Dan Victor, Seattle, WA <dvictor at u.washington.edu>
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