A few selected wise words about Email attachments.

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Subject: Odds and ends from the lists owner
   Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:33:17 -0500
   From: "Stephens, Larry V" 
     To: [email protected]

The endless discussion about attachments goes on. I have no hope of convincing
people about them. Comets may one day hit the earth and I'm sure some of you
have had a problem with something in an attachment, but we've become Chicken
Little about them.

* They can't hurt you if you don't open them, so you can look at the message
they are contained in.

* They can't hurt you if they don't run. I have yet to open an attachment that
runs automatically. Almost all of them are inconsequential text files.

* Get a virus checker. They are not expensive.

* Yes, they can be a nuisance. Try to make sure you are not sending them (like
those cutesy cards that are attached by some programs).

* If the world was a perfect place, you would read this message in Optimum 11
point font with a brown color. That's because I could send it in RTF (rich
text). Some programs, like Outlook, handle that okay; others don't. If some one
tells you your message has an attachment, 

1) believe them and 
2) see if you are sending them in RTF or HTML. Your help file should explain
these terms.

* Don't intentionally send attachments (like .jpg files or gedcoms). The problem
is they tend to be huge and can make some machines go to the Land of Oz.

* Don't discuss them on the lists.

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