Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04958
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:01:02 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Attachments
Not quite! I send attachments all the time from my Mac to PCs. Some
people simply send PICT or SIT files that are useless on PCs. People
need to convert files to GIF or JPG. BMP and PICT are large, bulky, and
platform specific. It ain't the computer. It's the sender.
I have seen messages larger than some small image files. I think it's
more of a matter of image size and quality. 10 K seems decent to me. It
seemed decent on my old computer as well.
Most pictures though realy do belong on a web page, but I think a small
file like a schematic is just fine on the list (again, saved as a
propper small file)
rdraycott@CPL.co.uk wrote:
>
> If the recipient has an adequate system setup attachments should be no problem.
> The only real problems with attachments is when the deluded MAC minority start
> trying
> to send and recieve attachments to the majority of PC users ! somthing to do
> with the way mac encodes an attachment.
> If you are having problems find out what the sender was attaching (file type)
> and the package he / she was using and contact your ISP.
> As long as its not one of these free but crummy service accounts your ISP should
> be able to help.
>
> Rob D
>
> AKA "Powerbuilder"
--
Richard Piotter
richfile@rconnect.com
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