We’ve been getting some bounces of messages sent to the SprinklerForum due to the formatting of text in the message. It’s be awhile since I last explained this, so for any newcomers here is some important information you need to know.
The SprinklerForum DOES NOT support attachments or rich text messages. It supports only plain old generic text messages. If you like to have a customized background, special fonts, or bold/italics in your messages, you are out of luck. The SprinklerForum list server won’t accept your message and propagate it to the list. Why, you ask? We don’t accept message attachments because attachments are a GREAT way to get a virus to a large number of people at one time (over 700 subscribers at last count). The question-and-answer nature of the SprinklerForum doesn’t really need attachments anyway, so we prefer to play it safe and restrict them. Because rich text info such as backgrounds, fonts, etc. are sent along with the message as a MIME attachment to be decoded by the recipient, the attachments are not accepted by the forum software. Therefore, the message bounces. If you really need to send attachments or rich text, send your message to the individual at their personal email address - not the SprinklerForum. Steve A. Muncy, CAE - President American Fire Sprinkler Assn. -- FIRE SPRINKLERS SAVE LIVES! Dallas, TX http://www.firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
