Re: attachments anyone?

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I agree.  Receiving a big graphic file that you can't look at isn't as bad
as a disk crash but it is a major frustration.  

This includes getting files of gibberish that aren't graphics too.  

I suggest that at one of the Paleo conferences that there be a session(s) on
how to send things so everyone can read them. At the very least send
information on how to read the file.  This will be especially important with
any Internet Journal.

Aloha,   Tom Burch



At 10:24 AM 9/3/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Folks,
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>Kind of an open comment...
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>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.
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>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.
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