Mike, I appreciate the sentiment behind posting this, but it's considered bad netiquette to post binaries to a mailing list for three reasons: 1) Some people pay for bandwidth, so unsolicited binaries cost them money regardless of whether they're of use or not. Apologizing to them ahead of time is not as productive as refraining from sending the information in the first place. 2) Some people use old mailers that are not capable of decoding the binary attachments 3) Many people (myself included) receive the mailing list content in digest form. When your message is included in the digest I get pages of garbage such as below. If you wish to make a binary available to the members of the list, it's much more polite to post it to a web server or FTP site somewhere and then post the URL to the list. This allows each recipient to choose whether or not they wish to receive the file. If someone on the list does not have access to either a browser or FTP (I find this unlikely, but possible), they could still get a copy by requesting one from you directly. Thanks, Rob ======================================================= Rob McDougall Phone: (613)751-4800 ext.5232 JetForm Corporation Fax: (613)751-4864 http://www.jetform.com ======================================================= --------------- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:09:37 -0800 From: Michael Berkowitz <[log in to unmask]> Subject: A little surprise This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=_6F3BEB74.C6A7CD61 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Since no one seems to get Computerworld, here is the ad. Sorry about any bandwidth problems. Mike Berkowitz Guess? Inc. --=_6F3BEB74.C6A7CD61 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="ADAGER.BMP" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ADAGER.BMP" Content-Description: Windows bitmap Qk3SSwYAAAAAADYEAAAoAAAAIwIAAO8CAAABAAgAAAAAAJxHBgCICwAAiAsAAAABAAAAAAAA AAAA AAEBAQACAgIAAwMDAAQEBAAFBQUABgYGAAcHBwAICAgACQkJAAoKCgALCwsADAwMAA0NDQAO Dg4A [remainder snipped]