I am about the release by E mail the first issue of the season of the Guide
to Chodosh. Last year it was available in two forms, as an unformatted text
file, and as a fully formatted PDF file. This newsletter that you are
reading is being distributed by a Majordomo E mail service that the JIF was
kind enough to allow me to use on an ongoing basis. I have had no problem
distributing the unformatted version to be available by automatic Majordomo
response by E mail. However, I have not been able to figure out if and how
it is possible to distribute the PDF file the same way. Apparently the PDF
file has some non-ASCII symbols that are getting lost. Therefore, last year
I was stuck with having to respond individually to each request for the PDF
file by sending a return E mail with the file attached. This is very time
consuming and inconvenient. Can anyone suggest how the Majordomo can be
programmed to handle the PDF with the normal "put" and "get" commands, or
of an other more convenient way of distributing the PDF file.
I am very much aware of the fact that the easiest way to do what I want is
to put it up on a Web site. I have had several people who were kind enough
to offer me the use of Web sites and help to implement this. However, I
have received a psak halacha NOT to use a Web site. That leaves me looking
for alternate methods of making the Guide available by E mail instead.
Any useful advice would be appreciated.
Kesiva vechasima tova
Yoseph Herman
