On Wed, 23 May 2001, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> At 01:18 AM 5/24/01 +0200, Jeroen wrote:
> >
> ><snipped copy of NYT article>
> >
> >C'mon man, don't do that! Just give the URL, and tell us in a few lines
> >(30 words or something like that) what the article is about. Many of us
> >get their e-mail through a dial-up connection, and outside the US those
> >calls often aren't free. You know, longer emails equals longer download
> >time equals higher phone bill.
>
>
> I'm sorry. There are other people, though, who complain if they have
> to click on a URL instead of having the article before them. I don't
> mean to cause anyone any excess trouble: unfortunately, though,
> different people want different things. One thing _no one_ likes is
> what you get when you click on the "e-mail this article" button on
> most news service web sites: it sends a message that says "<your
> name> thought you would enjoy the article at <URL>" (usually followed
> by a bunch of ads).
Try just posting the URL with a short description of the article. If
someone can't get to it or something, they'll let the list know, and
someone else who *can* get the article will go and get it for them and
mail it to them OFF-LIST. Would that work?
Julia
