Tom - I just realized that you are the Tom that Kathy is referring to - this summer cold I have and the meds for it are making me a bit slow - at any rate, please be advised that RootsWeb blocks attachments to the lists and refuses incoming posts with them - the attachment you are seeing is a result of AOL and its handling of the digest, rather than a listmembers post - Carol At 11:22 PM 8/5/98 -0400, TomKingCA@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 98-08-05 20:00:51 EDT, you write regarding attachments: > >Hi Kathy: > >I don't know what kind of front-end server you are using, consequently I >really can't answer your question in any detail. I use America Online (AOL) as >my front-end server and as part of their set-up program, one can tell the >software not to download attachments; or not to open or save them >automatically when one signs off. However, remember, some e-mail software >packages automatically convert extra long messages to attachments. > >As you may have read in my previous messages to the board and the board owner, >I do not open downloads attached to messages due to possible bugs-Trojans- >virus, etc. However, there is one exception, when I know the person sending >the message and hope that their software is clean. > >Your test message did not have an attachment, so maybe you have figured out >how to set your software to send data without converting it to an attachment. >Or, maybe it was because it was a short message it wasn't converted. > >Tom King, Sr. >Tel: 619-451-3833 >San Diego, CA > > >==== KING Mailing List ==== > >List problems? Contact the KING listowner <cch@netdoor.com> > Carol Carwile-Head <cch@netdoor.com>