On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 10:47:30PM +0200, Stefan Nobis wrote: > >>>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hamish Moffatt > >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hamish> Wrong solution. Users should not have to adapt to technology > Hamish> (within reason); the technology should allow users to send > Hamish> huge email attachments if they need to. Otherwise it should be > Hamish> fixed. > > One last point: If i drive a car, i have to stop at a red traffic > light. Is a car bad technology? > > No piece of technology is able to get you rid of thinking. > > And your personal freedom ends exactly at the point where the freedom > of others is cut down.
Sure, but I have absolutely no idea what this has to do with large emails. I thought the original comment was that in general people should not send large emails, but rather send URLs. This is in person to person email, not mailing lists. > The problem of (huge) attachments or huge mails in general is, that > the recipient often never asked to get it, but the sender sended it > without being asked to do. In the case of mailing lists, I agree. In the case of other mail, this is not my experience at all. > think everyone has to see it and so you send it to one mailinglist or > another, than there are no technical problems -- than your are the > problem. Who said anything about mailing lists? I didn't. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD. CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.
