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 [log in to unmask] <http://www.msu.edu/user/patter90/opening.htm> <http://www.npatterson.net/mid> To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/