Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/08
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> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@bayarea.net> ...
<snip> ...
> ... Please NEVER send binary images
> to the mailing list. Put them on a website, on an ftp server ...
Hi LU's -
Thanks Godfrey for sensitizing all of us.
> From: Jorg Willems <jorg@salesmedia.com> ...
<snip> ...
> I enjoyed the picture, no harm was done, my Outlook had no problem.
> Thanks J=F6rg
This is like the person who has a point-and-shoot
camera and wonders why users of the classic Leicas
discuss the intricacies of properly loading film
into their camera. Seems like a waste of time!
Why don't they just drop in the casette and wind
to the first frame? Hmm.
Not every system works the same. To some users, the stuff
they receive - and which actually was sent - looks like
this -- and there's LOTS of it...
>
> - ------ =_NextPart_000_01BC738A.94459340
> Content-Type: application/ms-tnef
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>
> eJ8+Ih0BAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy
> b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQ2ABAACAAAAAgACAAEEkAYAEAIAAAEAAAAQAAAAAwAAMAIAAAAL
> AA8OAAAAAAIB/w8BAAAAYQAAAAAAAACBKx+kvqMQGZ1uAN0BD1QCAAAAAGxlaWNhLXVzZXJzQG1l
<snip> ... <snip> ... <snip> ... <gobs more> .......
... which leads to questions like this:
> From: Jack Hamilton <"jackham "@execpc.com>...
<snip> ...
> Can anyone please tell me what the THOUSANDS of lines of "GIBBERISH"
> from "gess@icon.co.za" amounted to?
And of course, by now Jack must know.
> From: "David W. Almy" <dalmy@mindspring.com>
<snip> ...
> I was delighted to see the JPG of the M6J. Life's too short to get so
> hot and bothered over an occasional image file attachment. At ease all.
I don't think anyone is hot and bothered. They're just
pointing out the consequences of sending binary files
through a mail program which is not universally used.
Sounds like courtesy to me.
Happy shooting.
-- Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Sachse Cornell University
sachse@msc.cornell.edu http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~sachse
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