Re: [MacPerl] Password Dialog

[online@mactech.com (Jeff at MacTech)]

In article <mac-perl.l03130301b1efd101b7b6@[129.197.70.118]>, Dennis
Little <dennis.j.little@lmco.com> wrote:

>>Many times people post things with snippets of code or even
>>whole programs.  As long as they do not post megabytes of
>>data I have no problem with it.  Anything which is larger
>>than about a meg or so I'd suggest placing on a web page and
>>letting people go there to retrieve it.  :-)
>
>Agreed for me but as this is an international list, I'd like to hear from
>some in the other areas that have slower connections/higher costs than we
>do.

Many/most email clients either allow you to download attachments
separately (for example pine and elm for those accessing from Unix boxes),
or allow you to refuse messages over a certain size, or only view the
first few K (for example, Eudora). So I'd imagine this is a real problem
for very few people, and so I'd be against a strict policy in this regard.
I think people can use their own judgement. (I'd be willing to bet that
this thread has taken up more bandwidth than the largest attachment ever
posted to the list.)

Side note: I access the list through my local newsfeed (as though it were
a newsgroup), and this is very convenient--not only do you avoid
attachments unless you specifically download them, but also you don't have
to download messages/thread that don't interest you. It's very convenient;
if you are interested, you could probably request your ISP to subscribe
(if they don't already).
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Jeff Clites                Online Editor           http://www.MacTech.com/
online@MacTech.com         MacTech Magazine
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