Re: [Leica] PLEASE READ !!!! / Dan & Marvin to LUG

["Patrick R. McKee" <info@photonewsnetwork.com>]

Hello Dan,
Thank you for the info. I guess that is why some messages have a "paper
clip" symbol next to them.
Pat McKee
prm@photonewsnetwork.com
Minox007@aol.com
1-732-288-0009

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> From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] PLEASE READ !!!! / Dan & Marvin to LUG
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 10:56 AM
> 
> 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.