Re: Goodbye attachments?

--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard@...> wrote:

Why are you guys still using attachments? I poosted this on Friday
morning.

> > Dear Yahoo! Groups Moderator,
> >
> > IMPORTANT NOTICE:
> > You are receiving this notice because you are a moderator of one

or

> > more groups. As part of our efforts to ensure that all Yahoo!

Groups

> > users enjoy the same high-quality service, we will implement the
> > following service changes on Aug. 7, 2003:
> >
> > - Message Attachments: Yahoo! Groups will continue to deliver all
> > attachments sent via email, however, the attachments will no

longer be

> > archived within the Messages area. You may continue to upload

files

> > and images to the Files and Photos areas of your groups. Please
> > re-upload any attachments you would like to preserve to the

Photos or

> > Files areas of your group. On Aug. 7, all attachments in the

Messages

> > area will be removed, and Yahoo! will be unable to retrieve such

data.

If you don't believe me, read it for yourselves at
http://help.yahoo.com/groups/groups-56.html .

> I've got my own copies of the following attachments, and I can

(assuming I

> have the privilege) put them in the files area in my own good time:
>
> English_Bunaba_Burarra.xls
> Ottoman.pdf
> sumer-1-2.doc
> sumer-3-4.pdf
> sumer5.pdf
> sumer-6.pdf
> sumer-7.pdf
> sumer-8.pdf
> sumer-end.pdf
> sumer-II.pdf
> sumer-III.pdf
> sumer-IV.pdf
> sumer-V.pdf

Putting this lot in the files area and indexing it was a once-only
service.

Richard.