Guess it's time once again to send a gentle reminder about attachments to your email. As you all should know, if you have read the Welcome Messages that come when you subscribe, attachments are not allowed on the Lists. This rule is necessitated due to the fact that some users's email programs just absolutely freak out from attachments, especially large ones. Besides, it is very rare that all the subscribers to a List need to receive any attachment. They generally benefit only one or a few subscribers. Here's how it works: If you have an attachment you want to send, notify the List, stating the subject, generally what it contains, and how large it is in bytes. Inform the List that you will gladly send it to individual users' email addresses if they request it. AND, the request should go to you personally, not back to the List. Now a note to users of Mozilla and Microsoft email programs. These two products are notorious for taking the text in the body of a message, converting it to HTML, and then attaching it as a separate file to the email. This is caused because when the program was installed, the default configuration was HTML and it should have been "plain text". We get attachments from many users who do not know they are sending them. Some, when notified, vehemently argue that they are NOT sending attachments. They just don't know they are. If you are using Mozilla or a Microsoft email program (especially Microsoft Internet Mail), PLEASE check your configuration and make sure you have set "plain text", not "HTML". This will solve many problems on the Lists. And to the rest of you subscribers, when you receive an unwanted attachment, before you angrily blast the sender, look in the header section of the message and see if there is a line "X-Mailer". Look at that line and see if Mozilla or Microsoft show up there. If so, then chances are about 99.99% that the user hasn't changed the configuration. Instead of flaming him or her, gently remind that the configuration should be changed. These inadvertent attachments are usually very small, just a few bytes, and cause no problems to anyone's email program due to their small size; however, they are a genuine nuisance and can be taken care of, IF the sender will take the time and trouble to change the settings of the email program. Just remember, no attachments to the Lists. If you have some- thing that you feel would benefit everyone, type it into the body of the message, rather than making it an attachment. If it is long, make 2 or 3 messages and identify them as Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, etc. SgtGeorge Listowner