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Lourdes Tollette Date: Sun Oct 24, 1999 1:37 am Subject: Re: Receiving attachments..... | ||||||||
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Val, If the file are very large then use winzip software that have compress and un-compress. You can download from web site. It is free software. I use all the time and never have probelm with that. Lourdes By the way, I just send package that you want to see the book to compare from the book I wrote "The Frosty and the Snowman". I never forgot this. I know you been waiting... So I promise do this. :-) -----Original Message----- From: Valerie Sutton [SMTP:] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 9:48 AM To: SignWriting List Subject: Re: Receiving attachments..... >No, my computer doesn't crash... it simply sends me a message or returns >the email to the person who sent it. I'm not sure which. Go ahead and >start sending attachments, but just remember that cuz my computer (the >one I'm using now) is old and not even Y2K update, you might get messages >stating the email was returned and I hope everyone doesn't get upset with >that. The compter I just bought is Y2K and much better, but I can't use >it yet. > >Jean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ October 23, 1999 Hi Jean and Everyone! Thanks for this response, Jean. The few times that someone sent us attachments to the List, I never received a message from Juno saying that you had not received it....nor was it returned to me....has anyone else had that problem? I doubt it somehow. Meanwhile, hotmail or aol accept attachments, and are not too hard to setup (I hope :-), so maybe you can change over on your own :-) Anyway, here is what I suggest as our SignWriting List's policy on attachments...please give me your feedback, everyone: 1. They should be .GIF, .JPEG, or SignWriter files: .SGN, .DIC & .DIN 2. Attach one attachment to one email message at a time, except for the case of .DIC and .DIN, which are "paired files". The reason I do not want multiple attachments to one email message is that occasionally I have had problems with that on my computer, more because of memory, I suspect, than anything else. And I am sure that others will have problems too, if someone sent 70 files at once, for example. 3. The files should pertain to SignWriting. If you send photos, they should be related to SignWriting in some way. 4. Do not send overly large files....what should the cut off be on that? 5. Compression Software...hmmm...this can be a problem occasionally for me. I am on a Mac, as you know, and I do have StuffIt and ZipIt, and they work nine times out of ten, but the other day I could not expand a compressed file, and when the person sent it to me un-compressed, I opened it immediately, so that was frustrating for both parties. So I personally would suggest " one small file at a time, uncompressed"....to ease the problem. 6. There are different formats for sending attached files - try to use a format that is very universal. 7. And last....I would suggest looking in the instructions that come with your email management software, and make sure that you have setup your software to place the attached file "inside an email message". Then the file comes in both as an attached file separate from your email, and it also shows up like a picture at the bottom of your message. Lourdes sent me wonderful attached files in SignWriting when we first met, and I got such a thrill when I found the SignWriting at the end of my email message. In Eudora on the Macintosh, under Settings, you can choose "Display Graphics in Messages", and then you can see the attachment inside the email message. I am sure most well-known software products can do that today, so it worth looking into. So please feel free to give me your opinions about all this...it is true that attachments can bring up a "can of worms" because there are so many possibilities, but on the other hand, if we get a common understanding, it should be very beneficial too :-) Have a great Saturday everyone!! Val ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWritingSite...Lessons Online https://www.SignWriting.org SignBankSite...Databases Online https://www.SignBank.org Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA | ||||||||
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