As Tim suggests, I hope that no one from now on will send an attachment to the whole list. I am one of those whose machine bogs down and sometimes freezes trying to receive it. That could mean being locked out of my email for days. ==Dan Pearlman 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 >> > Dan Pearlman Office: Department of English 102 Blackstone Blvd. #5 University of Rhode Island Providence, RI 02906 Kingston, RI 02881 Tel.: 401 453-3027 Tel.: 401 874-4659 email: [log in to unmask] Fax: 401 874-2580 http://www.uri.edu/artsci/english/clf/