[SIGCIS-Members] Attachments are not so great for the list

[Thomas Haigh]

In general attachments are not a good idea because

1) They are not preserved in the list archives
2) They are slower to access and less convenient for recipients
3) They are not received by subscribers who selected digest mode
4) They may cause problems for people reading email on mobile devices

It's better to cut and paste the most relevant information and include a
link to an online location where the full version can be found.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: members-bounces at sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces at sigcis.org] On
Behalf Of Sue Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:22 AM
To: members at sigcis.org
Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Members Digest, Vol 16, Issue 6

This attachment didn't work - please could you resend or just send the URL?
thanks

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> From: "Ceruzzi, Paul" <CeruzziP at si.edu>
> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] IFIP World Computer Congress, Call for
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> I see that the Call for Papers is just under the 100 KB limit for
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> Paul E. Ceruzzi
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