[WEB4LIB] Files left by Microsoft Mail and other programs

[Thomas Dowling]

.vcf --> vCard File --> virtual business card, used by some e-mail programs
in lieu of .sig files, and operating on the assumption that the recipient A)
has an e-mail client that handles attachments, B) has an e-mail client that
understands the .vcf format, and C) won't get severely ticked off by such
annoyances.

Web4Lib folks should be aware that the SunSITE listproc software is now
forwarding MIME attachments.  They should also be aware that sending MIME
attachments to a list like Web4Lib is seldom a good idea.

Thomas Dowling
Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu


----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Woods Hyman <lhyman at mail.sdsu.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 5:50 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Files left by Microsoft Mail and other programs


> What in the world are those little files that are being left in ever
growing numbers in my Eudora Attachment folder? They often have a .vcf
extension. When I open them up, they have a bunch of gobbledy-gook and
indicate that they are Microsoft Mail. Is there a way to block or filter
them straight into the trash? I get way too much mail to have extra stuff
hanging around.  TIA.
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> Linda Woods Hyman, MLS., MA.
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