Hello ATEG list members, Nancy's note and the recent bombardment of email with "nasty" attachments confirmed for me that we needed to make a move to protect list members from rogue e-mail. As a result, we've set the listserv to reject all messages with attachments. Best wishes, Jim >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/ James M. Dubinsky, Ph.D. Director of Professional Writing Department of English Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0112 540.231.7909 / http://athena.english.vt.edu/~dubinsky/