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Folks, Kind of an open comment... Given the wide variety of responses to the attached mystery fossil, perhaps one of the list gurus (i.e. Norm) might want to suggest a standard way of attaching files. The golden rule must be "don't!". Ask people if they want the file at all, then send the file in a format they can use. DOS based machines seem to have real problems with unknown file formats, while Macs seem to be much more flexible. My own experience is to pick a PC friendly format even if you have a Mac (e.g., TIFF or RTF) and add the appropriate suffix *before* sending the file. And avoid Mac based compression or encoding, and pick a PC one if need be (like .ZIP). A Mac can usually unscramble a PC file, but vice versa is rarely true. Just my two cent's worth... Neale. -------------------------------------------------------------------- >From Neale Monks' Macintosh PowerBook, at... Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD Internet: N.Monks@nhm.ac.uk, Telephone: 0171-938-9007 Telephone (international): 0044 171 938 9345 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ammonites are people, too.
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