If sent as an attachment, you would only be gnashing your teeth if you chose to download the document. For those who are concerned about viruses and download times, you could simply ignore. The rest of us could choose to download and attachment that interested us. Patricia On 9/13/06, John O'Driscoll <wjod@bizmail.com.au> wrote: > > The word is "viruses" not virii > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mo!Langdon" <maureen@pacbell.net> > To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 6:08 AM > Subject: Re- Re: [admin] Attachments in the new system > > > At 12:19 PM -0400 9-11-06, padraigogealagain wrote: > > <snip> > > >I think, it would be great boon if we could do that. Imagine having the > >ability to send scans of privately held historic documents, or > certificate > >copies of BDM's, etc.to the List, as one cans on many other > non-genealogical > >forums. > > Imagine the virii, the spyware, the malware, the worms, where once there > were none. Imagine the pain inflicted on those of us who have a dial-up or > satellite Internet connection, or on those of us who still pay by the > minute > for said connection. Imagine the wailings and the gnashings of teeth > raised > throughout all lands in which we live. :::shudders::: > > No thanks. > > Slán, > > > > Mo! > -- > <http://xri.net/=mobang> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Unfortunately many dial-up systems still take a long time to download pages regardless if it is an attachment or not and many people don't have access to broadband. My old system took twenty minutes for four pages and the only way to cancel it was to contact the system management. Anything with a picture could take thirty minutes or more. I think the only way to handle this is to ask people to contact you if they wish to access the information and it can be sent direct. Regards Muriel in the out back of BC Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Williams" <genealogistgrrl@gmail.com> To: "John O'Driscoll" <wjod@bizmail.com.au>; <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 7:41 AM Subject: Re: Re- Re: [admin] Attachments in the new system If sent as an attachment, you would only be gnashing your teeth if you chose to download the document. For those who are concerned about viruses and download times, you could simply ignore. The rest of us could choose to download and attachment that interested us. Patricia

From: "muriel crowe" <mcrowe@bluebell.ca> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com>; Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:10 PM Subject: Re: Re- Re: [admin] Attachments in the new system >I think the only way to handle this is to ask people to contact you if they >wish to access >the information and it can be sent direct. Well, that's the only way at this time, Muriel - but it is something I'd not wish to do. Because for one reason if one makes an offer of an attachment, one would probably end-up emailing it possibly to every list member - can you imagine how much time that would consume? Then if their is something they don't understand about it, or assumetheir is more info. than what is on the attachment, they'll email privately again. No, no, thanks - I just don't have the time for that. I, as my signature indicates, prefer to make all the contributions that I can to the List only. But Rootsweb would have to change their policy on attachments to accomodate that feature. Andrew, our List Admin. suggested to me that I ought to send some 'feed-back' to Rootsweb, which I did. If and when I get answer to my suggestion, I'll post it here. ***** Reply to the LIST ONLY - Please! ***** ***** And, thanks for such consideration ***** Where is the out-back of B.C - is it on the Artic circle? Pádraig Mór, An Sean Gabhar ( In beautiful downtown Pickering Village, Ajax, Ontario, where now it is only about 65 C. Brrr!

Hi Padraig I understand that completely. I was trying to say that people have no choice about downloading attachments and that is what takes the time while opening them is fairly fast. Maybe Rootsweb could have a separate web site or list that could deal with attachments and a reference could be made on the regular list to that source. The outback of BC <g> is anyplace away from the southern tip of Vancouver Island or at least 100 miles from the city of Vancouver. My particular spot is in the Kootenay Lake area in south eastern BC, well off the beaten track and therefore mostly ignored by government services and big corporations unless they have their hands out for money. Best regards Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pádraig Mór Ó Gealagain" <padraigogealagain@rogers.com> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:25 AM Subject: Re: Re- Re: [admin] Attachments in the new system From: "muriel crowe" <mcrowe@bluebell.ca> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com>; Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:10 PM Subject: Re: Re- Re: [admin] Attachments in the new system >I think the only way to handle this is to ask people to contact you if they >wish to access >the information and it can be sent direct. Well, that's the only way at this time, Muriel - but it is something I'd not wish to do. Because for one reason if one makes an offer of an attachment, one would probably end-up emailing it possibly to every list member - can you imagine how much time that would consume? Then if their is something they don't understand about it, or assumetheir is more info. than what is on the attachment, they'll email privately again. No, no, thanks - I just don't have the time for that. I, as my signature indicates, prefer to make all the contributions that I can to the List only. But Rootsweb would have to change their policy on attachments to accomodate that feature. Andrew, our List Admin. suggested to me that I ought to send some 'feed-back' to Rootsweb, which I did. If and when I get answer to my suggestion, I'll post it here. ***** Reply to the LIST ONLY - Please! ***** ***** And, thanks for such consideration ***** Where is the out-back of B.C - is it on the Artic circle? Pádraig Mór, An Sean Gabhar ( In beautiful downtown Pickering Village, Ajax, Ontario, where now it is only about 65 C. Brrr! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message