I agree that sending out hunderds of .GIF per year is not nice for the receivers.
Just put the card up on a webserver. And put in your signature an embedded link such as: My business card: <http://www.mywebsite.com/unknownfolder/mljames.gif> Roger S. Cohen wrote on 18-04-2007 18:23 * * * Start of original message text * * * >MLJames <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 4/18/07 12:00 PM: > >> I would like to attach my business card (.gif) to many of the e-mails >> that I send. >> >> Is there a way to do this without having to physically dump the file in >> the enclosures section of the e-mail? >> >> Ideally, I would like to be able to select a signature that >> automatically tells e-mailer that I also want the business card >> attached.... > > >It's a reasonable technical question, but on the user side, I think you are >suggesting an unreasonable practice. > >No one wants to receive an attached .gif unless it's part of the message. >If you want to include your contact information, I think it is better to put >it in your signature. (For example, see mine, below.) > >What you want to do is covered by attaching a .vcf file. The Mac OS's >Address Book (and Entourage's too, and I expect Mail.app, too) know how to >automatically handle a .vcf file. But, too me, .vcf is a pain in the butt. >Who wants that attachment on every email from someone? Attaching a .gif >would likely increase the simple text email's size from 1k to 500 k. What a >waste of bandwidth and hard disk space. > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Roger S. Cohen >President >Cohen International >3 Main Street, Suite 602 >Nyack, NY 10960 USA > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.rogercohen.com > >Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 >Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- Just Marc _,,,'^-_-^',,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ 3888426 W has gone haywire, with his BADGET ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
