[ale] Is there a reason why some people use attachments for e mail messages?

[Matt Smith]

I've seen Yahoo mail do stuff like that too.


--Matt



-----Original Message-----
From: Kilroy, Chris [mailto:Chris.Kilroy at turner.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:44 PM
To: 'ale at ale.org'
Subject: RE: [ale] Is there a reason why some people use attachments for e
mail messages?


outlook doesnt do that. 
only mail client i know of that does it is AOL's, cause i get that from my
parents all the time. 
->-----Original Message----- 
->From: Jeff Hubbs [mailto:hbbs at attbi.com] 
->Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:42 PM 
->To: ale at ale.org 
->Subject: Re: [ale] Is there a reason why some people use 
->attachments for 
->email messages? 
-> 
-> 
->Well, maybe that's Outlook or Notes behavior. 
-> 
->- Jeff 
-> 
->On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 17:36, Chris Woodruff wrote: 
->> No I was just curious since it seems that roughly 30-40% of 
->the lost has 
->> this behavior. 
->> 
->> Chris 
->> ----- Original Message ----- 
->> From: "Benjamin Scherrey" <scherrey at proteus-tech.com> 
->> To: "ALE mailing list" <ale at ale.org> 
->> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:30 PM 
->> Subject: Re: [ale] Is there a reason why some people use 
->attachments for 
->> email messages? 
->> 
->> 
->> > I think some email apps do this somehow. Perhaps treating 
->it like a 
->> forwarded email rather than a 
->> > proper reply. Most email apps decode this as normal email 
->(I expect) but 
->> Opera (which I use) does 
->> > not - requiring you to click the link to view the 
->content. Are you using 
->> Opera perhaps? 
->> > 
->> > Ben Scherrey 
->> > 
->> > 1/8/2003 5:24:15 PM, "Chris Woodruff" 
-><cwoodruff at openpenguin.com> wrote: 
->> > 
->> > >I am curious as to why some people do this.  No big deal 
->but it is a pain 
->> to 
->> > >open the attachment just to read a reply.  Thanks 
->> > > 
->> > >Chris Woodruff 
->> > > 
->> > > 
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