RE: From NewsMax.com: Rumsfeld: Nukes Not Considered for Terrorist Retaliation

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Monday, September 24, 2001 3:46 PM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: From NewsMax.com: Rumsfeld: Nukes Not Considered for
> Terrorist Retaliation

> > Option #3. I do not always find a topic interesting, and I do not
> > have the time to read every article someone provides a link to.
> 
> It is just as easy to ignore an email.

It is not. I can choose not to *read* an e-mail, but I cannot choose not to
*receive* an e-mail.


> > Sending it off-list to interested parties is also easy -- all you
> > need is hit the "Reply" button, then the "Attach" button (or whatever
> > it is called in your e-mail client), select the file, and hit "Send".
> > select the file, and hit "Send".
> 
> It is not that easy.  It takes quite a bit more effort than sending an
> email.  I hope you mean 'copy' and 'paste' instead of 'attach'.  I have
> this tendancy to Bitch-Slap anyone who sends me HTML messages.

Copy & Paste is the other option. However, when you attach a file, you can
keep the e-mail itself in plain text (no HTML). The attachment may be in
HTML, but you only received it after you specifically asked for it.


> This is not a high throughput forum like say
> rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan .

Guess you were not around, back when a month with less than 1,400 messages
was considered a relatively QUIET month...


Jeroen

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