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> I thank the poster (Ifland ?) for sharing it with the list.
There's nothing wrong with sharing stuff with the list (even off-topic
stuff), the problem was the poor judgment shown by e-mailing that huge
attachment to everyone whether they were interested or not.
As I mentioned earlier, a better way to handle it would be to post the
file on a website and then just send a URL to the list. Those who are
interested can go get the file, those who aren't can just delete the
much smaller e-mail.
--
GregR
--- WF Jones <> wrote:
> It certainly is not applicable to celestial navigation, however it
> may have other modern day navigational significance. I am not making
> excuses for the large file posting, only suggesting that the content
> to me was extremely interesting and I thought entirely appropriate
> for the list. I thank the poster (Ifland ?) for sharing it with the
> list.
>
> Is the list restricted to only celestial navigational topics? Should
> the topics exclude modern aspects and instead focus on celestial
> navigation methods (lunars for example) that aren't taught anywhere
> for valid reasons. Personally, my interests lean more toward
> practical aspects of present day navigation.
>
> Frank J.
> rochester, NY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: "Greg R." <>
> >Sent: May 22, 2006 5:28 PM
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: Amazing...
> >
> >Red wrote:
> >
> >> it was incredibly impolite to find that sent as a list email
> >
> >Yep... in this day and age when the Internet's been "mainstream" for
> >several years there's really no excuse for that type of
> inconsiderate
> >behavior.
> >
> >> and, even worse, to find the list server hadn't blocked the
> >> attachment.
> >
> >Don't know what's up with that, sounds like the list server is
> >configured to just pass along whatever comes into it without any
> >filtering.
> >
> >> I'm sure whatever the attachment was, it must have seemed
> >> important to someone.
> >
> >It was a video about someone flying a model airplane in a confined
> >indoor space (a gym, or something like that). As I said in an
> earlier
> >e-mail, semi-interesting but absolutely nothing to do with celnav,
> and
> >I really didn't appreciate my e-mail download being held up by it -
> and
> >I'm sure it would be even more irritating for the folks who are
> still
> >on a dial-up connection.
> >
> >--
> >GregR
> >
> >
> >--- Red <> wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, 6.7MB, about the same size as ONE THOUSAND MESSAGES.
> >>
> >> After it jammed my email download via dialup, slow line, and TOLL
> >> CALLS twice
> >> yesterday, I had to go into the email server and nuke the entire
> >> message without
> >> any idea of what it was, except that it was incredibly impolite to
> >> find that
> >> sent as a list email and, even worse, to find the list server
> hadn't
> >> blocked the
> >> attachment.
> >>
> >> I'm sure whatever the attachment was, it must have seemed
> important
> >> to someone.
>
