This is an important posting, Nancy. Thank you. I recently was "stuck"
downloading with a slow (19K) connection a 1MB file that was a picture I
didn't want. It took 45 minutes. There was no way to skip that file,
apparently.
Sue Webb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Patterson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: WARNING! Code Red Worm


> Sorry, I'm getting to this late, but here's how things are handled on
other
> lists I belong to.  None of NCTE's lists allow messages with attachments
to
> go through.  I set up a list serv for the teachers in my building and I
set
> things so that no attachments would make it to the list also.
>
> Attachments can be a problem for a couple reasons.  One, they are an
> excellent way to catch a virus.  Ordinary e-mail cannot carry a virus;
only
> files like attachments can do that.  I've made it my own policy not to
open
> anything that has an attachment unless I'm expecting something specific.
> Another reason attachments are a problem is that they often take longer to
> download and some people with slower connections have difficulties with
> them.  Still others simply can't read them at all because of the way their
> machines are confingured or because of the software they have on their
> computers.
>
> Nancy
> Nancy G. Patterson
> Portland Middle School, English Dept. Chair
> Portland, MI  48875
>
> "To educate as the practice of freedom is a way of teaching that anyone
can
> learn."
>
> --bell hooks
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