Tolerance??

Firstly this is NOT a flame, just my 2 cents worth!

Occasionally someone attempts to contribute to the list by sending an
attachment. Unfortunately sometimes only a proportion of the list
membership can read it due to their mail programme or their mail server
not supporting such-and-such resulting in quite a few blunt rebuttals. 

However when a thread starts to wander (the latest example being the FTL
discussions) and only a proportion of the list are interested there is
generally only a small complaint. Today so far I received 32 messages
from the list, 29 FTL discussions, 2 complaints about the DS attachment
and one complaint  about the FTL thread!?

Personally the attachments don't bother me, neither does the FTL thread
(yet), but can't we be a little more tolerant??

Owen Glover
IT Services

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> From: 	Why is it always 'thin air'? Why can't it be 'fat air'?
> 'Mostly fit	  but could lose a few pounds
> air'?[SMTP:KOCHTE@stsci.edu]
> Reply To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Sent: 	Tuesday, 16 September 1997 10:08
> To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	Re: Updated DSII/CENTURION Text (now with examples!)
> 
> Chiming in to kinda echo Sam's sentiments...
> 
> >>   This message is in MIME format.	The first part should be
> readable text,
> >>   while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without
> MIME-aware tools.
> >>   Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info.
> >> 
> >> --0-899180149-874210068=:7228
> >> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
> >> 
> >> Just in case anyone liked the last one ...
> >
> >Large attachments like this should really be on a web/ftp
> >site with a pointer to its location sent here, I would have
> >thought.
> 
> Additionally not everyone can read attachments. I can't. I know people
> on here who won't. I also do not read my email via netscape or any
> other
> browser. If you want to share the info with people on here, ought to
> send it in ASCII text. If there are things that can't be ASCII'd, then
> either post 'em to a website, or find someone who can draw ASCII art
> like there's no tomorrow (I happen to personally know someone who can,
> and is known on the Nets as "Dr ASCII"; however, he's not a gamer...).
> 
> My $0.02 in the matter. I need to go write up a trip report, so I
> return
> you to your regularly scheduled FT/DS2/SG2 discussions...
> 
> Mk
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> During the run-and-fight-and-run-again battle through this forest of
> horror,
> she is finally cornered. Her weapons have been left deep in the bodies
> of the
> slain or broken against the granite-hard scales of these snakes that
> are not
> snakes. Her stand to the death must be fought here. Though her only
> weapons
> are her hands and her deep and wide knowledge of the slayers, she does
> not
> fear them. They will die. Of this she is sure.
>