I thought that it was okay to translate html files into txt files and to post the latter to pen-l...
------------------------ Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > -----Original Message----- > From: paul phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 9:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] sending large articles to pen-l > > > Michael, > > But on the other hand, if you or others just send a url, many > of us just > delete the message and never follow it up. I for one never > follow up a > url -- it is too time consuming and sometimes proves > fruitless. If this > list were to become just a list of urls, I would probably log off. It > is much easier to just delete any article that I am not interested in. > > Paul Phillips > > Michael Perelman wrote: > > >Please try not to send large articles to the list -- like I > did yesterday. > >It is better just to send the url. > > > >Large articles cause several problems. > > > >They fill up mailboxes for people with limited space. > >They take up a lot of space on Hans' server. > >People outside of the US with expensive dial up connections > may have to > >pay a lot to download .... > >-- > >Michael Perelman > >Economics Department > >California State University > >Chico, CA 95929 > > > >Tel. 530-898-5321 > >E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > > > > > > >
