Dear Tweets,

This is a reminder for subscribers some Tweeter's posting rules you may
not have seen for a while.

NO ATTACHED FORMATTED FILES:

Please do not to attach formatted files to messages posted to Tweeters as
the 235 subscribers in the digest mode will just receive a number of pages
of ASCII characters. These also appear that way in our archives.

A formatted file could be a graphic such as a GIF for JPEG file, a Word
..doc or even an HTML file.

However, feel free to advertise such a file to the list , and then send it
privately to those who might request it.

An alternate solution for a graphic file is to put it on the Web and point
to it's URL on Tweeters. (If you can't put it on the Web you could send
it to me and I could put it up for you.)

An alternate solution for a Word document would be to convert the
*.doc file to a "text only file" and then post it.

If you are mailing from a Web browser or using M/S Outlook Express, be
sure your message is converted to "Plain Text" before posting.

SIGNATURE BLOCKS:

Please SIGN your messages within the text of the message giving your name,
geographic location, and email address. Several email programs strip the
headers so that one *cannot* tell where the message is coming from.
Also, it is interesting to see the geographic areas from which messages
are posted. Your emailer may have a signature feature you could use or
perhaps you could import or paste in a signature file at the end of your
message.

Examples:

Dickie Birder, Pond, WA <mailto:dickie at pond.com>

or perhaps:

Birdie Lister
Broadbay, BC
mailto:blister at wetlands.net.ca

Thanks your cooperation on this,

Dan Victor, Seattle, WA <mailto:dcv at scn.org>
Tweeters Formatted Attachment Police
Tweeters = http://weber.u.washington.edu/~dvictor/