On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 00:02:58 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> Sam,
> The answer to your question is simple...
> AOL users are Windows users. And Windows users are too lazy to change
> the defualt setting of "Send forwarded message as eMail attatchment".
> Hence.... the multiple attachments. (every winbloze user along the way
> just clicked "forward" and there-by created a new attachment to the
> message which alredy contained 37 attachments)
> You see, the other default setting in that "crap software" is...
> "Display eMail attachments In-line"
> So, an AOL user doesn't have 37 attachments to "open".
> Their AOL software automatically opens _all_ of them and displays them.
> (so all they need to do is scroll 37 miles down the page to get to the
> original message)<vbg>
OK, good explanation, Glenn, but why don't they have sense enough to snip
and cut out all of the other junk. Whenever I forward a message to
someone I take care to send only the pertinent information, such as the
reputed original source [and yes, I know it's a redundant phrase] and the
content. I will always include a note saying something to the effect that
it was said to have been told by so and so, or that it was said to have
been published in such and such a journal, etc. Nobody except the village
gossips care about tracking the audit trail of pass_it_on_hearsay. As I
do not like being considered one of those, I really resent being sent
attachments of the type described. Because the AOLers do things that way,
they have a very well-deserved reputation for spreading all kinds of
hoaxes. They are like a bunch of chicken-littles.
Sam Heywood
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