Re: Attached files.

[Barbara Patterson <patterso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Below is a copy of the message I have been sending to each member who
posts a message which includes an attachment.

Please, please, please do NOT post messages to the
list as attachments.  Many, if not most, of our
members cannot access these attachments, so their
contents are not read, their questions not
answered.  These attachments unnecessarily
increase the size of the digest to the point where
some members' service providers reject the entire
digest which means, of course, that those members
miss out on the entire day's messages because of
one or more members' lack of consideration.
Please use your email's 'help' feature or ask
someone for help in changing your settings to
eliminate using the attachment option.

Here's how to get rid of the special formatting for
Outlook Express which can cause mail crashes on
some computers.  The reason why this happens is
that some computers don't understand the RTF(Rich
Text Format) which on Outlook Express is the same
as HTML (hypertext markup language).  Rather than
lose this information, it gets turned into an
attachment. To disable this feature on Outlook
Express, go to TOOLS, then OPTION, then SEND. Once
there, change the format to PLAIN TEXT.  That
should do it.  If you want to send fancy fonts,
etc., to someone else not on Parkinsn, just do the
same thing, and change it back into HTML.  I hope
this helps.

Barb

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Barbara Patterson                               patterso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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                        School of Nursing
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