I could also add to this discussion the fact that many of us have gotten to
the point where we are simply afraid to try to open anything that arrives
in the form of attachments to e-mail messages--not just because of viruses
but because trying to get  something open sent in a file that does not
correspond to a program on one's own system can cause real messes.  Louis
 
At 07:26 AM 5/18/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Wayne,
>The listserver could be enforcing a limit on the size of
>attachments. FYI, on many other lists, you'd be flamed to a crisp
>for sending an attachment that size, because some folks still have
>very slow dialup connections or pay high rates for their online
>time or use mail readers whose attachment-handling capabilities
>are crude. It could take 20 minutes or more to bring down an image
>that size over a slower connection. When I receive large email
>attachments, they sometimes cause my ISP's mail server to fail to
>release a lock on my mailbox, and I have to make a phone call to
>tech support, remain on hold for ? minutes, and then get them to
>fix the problem.  While I am waiting for them to fix the problem,
>I continue to receive, over and over, mail I've already
>downloaded. Given such technical problems, the usual etiquette is
>to announce the availability of such an image and a willingness to
>send it directly to those who request it or to put it on a web
>site and announce the URL from where it may be downloaded. To make
>it smaller, you could compress it using WinZIP
>(http://www.winzip.com).  Or you could save it as a GIF after
>reducing its color depth.
>Tim Romano
>
>Wayne Pounds wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the confirmation, but no one has seen the
>> JPEG image I sent Friday? Excuse my persistance, but I
>> am sure this artist's work would be of great interest
>> to the ep list. I'll resend the image if necessary,
>> perhaps in another format or smaller size (the JPEG
>> was 400+)? Can someone with technical savoir faire
>> advise?
>>
>> Wayne
>> @Rapallo
>>
 
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