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 > > [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/ 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/