Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PLEASE READ !!!! / Dan & Marvin to LUG
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:56:38 -0500

At 10:35 AM 16-06-98 -0400, Pat McKee wrote:
>Hello Marvin,
>As I was reading this morning I noticed a "paper clip" on a message. Is
>this not an attachment? No one has said anything. I see them on a regular
>basis on some e-mails. Just asking for my own info. I just want to get
>smarter. I am trying to be very careful because I do not want anyone to
>take offense. Some other new people may also find this good to know.

Some email programs automatically include attachments, such as 'business
cards' or vcards I think they are called.  Outlook Express seems to include
extraneous garbage along with the email.  They are usually small and
inocuous (sp?), and unavoidable.  But these aren't the same as attaching a
75K JPG to an email.  The mail reader I use (Eudora Lite) has a feature
that prevents downloading any message that contains more than x number of
bytes.  I set x to be 50K in my case.  Anything larger, I am warned about
it, and am given the option of downloading it or not, at my pleasure.
Also, I set an option that automatically deletes most attachments from the
attachments folder when I trash the originating email.

Dan C.