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From: Erin A Bradford <>
Subject: Update -- Attachments (fwd)
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 20:41:04 -0600 (MDT)

Hi everyone, I recieved this email on another list (not one of mine). I
know this hasn't been a problem on the lists, but this is just for future
reference so you are aware:)

Erin Bradford

Listowner for Black, Bradford, Coventry, and Hackett surname lists
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/listdex/index.html (list homepage)
http://members.tripod.com/~Kshai/index.html (non-genealogy homepage)
http://members.tripod.com/~Kshai/genealogy.html (Surname databases)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6106/genlinks.html (+800
genealogy links)

---------- Forwarded message ------------
Two things sometimes happen with long messages that can cause problems. First, some
email programs will automatically take a long message and convert it to an attachment.
And some Internet service providers, commercial and other, will either reject a
long message (Juno does this ), or convert the message to an attachment (AOL does
this). I'll briefly emphasize both issues.

1) Long messages: If you have information which is going to make for a
long message (more than a few pages or about 15KB of data) you have two
options. One is to break the long message down into several parts so that
no one part is too long for anyone. The other option is to send out a
short message with a brief synopsis of what information you have, and
invite people to contact you by PRIVATE email to request the information be
sent to them by PRIVATE email.

2) Attachments: If you have information that you want to send as an
attachment, DO NOT send it to the list. Send out a short message with a
brief synopsis of the information you have, and invite people to contact
you by PRIVATE email to request the information be sent to them by PRIVATE
email.

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