There must be alternatives for the current technology that each recipient has use of. For instance, if you can't read the graphic, then skip the message, until your software is enabled. I think that we would want to discourage limiting ourselves based on the lowest common denominator.
Possibly, a graphic could be sent as a second message, referred to in the text message, and clearly identified in the Subject of the graphic message. Will this facilitate selective downloading, or just selective opening and reading? Could courtesy to the other users dictate that graphics be kept as small as possible? On the sidebar, thank you to everyone who has responded to my posted questions. The inputs have often redirected my search for the answers. James Goedderz goedd...@sensormatic.com ---------- From: Brent G DeWitt To: Peter Tarver; 'emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org' Subject: RE: Graphics in posts List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Wednesday, July 16, 1997 1:12PM At 10:07 AM 7/16/97 -0400, Peter Tarver wrote: >It would be better to not have nonASCII graphics, so that all >subscribers to the list get an even shake. Graphics can be posted to an >anonymous ftp site or offered for delivery through "private" e-mail. > >Peter L. Tarver >Nortel >ptar...@nt.com I agree with Peter. In addition to the bandwidth and download time, not everyone has access to Word (like UNIX/LINUX users) and having to download something useless is even more irritating. The solution is quite simple. Tell the list you have the graphic and _ask_ who wants to see it, then mail them directly. Alternatively, if you have an ftp site you can park it on, they can get it themselves. ------------------------------ Brent DeWitt U.S. EMC Technical Coordinator TUV Product Service, Inc. Boulder, CO (303)449-4165 http://www.tuvps.com e-mail: bdew...@tuvps.com
