[OS X TeX] Why this .ps file can not be viewed?

[Herbert Schulz]

On Mar 15, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote:

> On 03/15/10 14:29, "Gary L. Gray" <gray at engr.psu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:25 PM, Ross Moore wrote:
>> 
>>> what makes you think that it is sensible to include an image which
>>> you know is bad, within an email message ?
>>> You should place it on a website and post the URL to it.
>>> 
>>> This way anyone who is interested in trying to help you can get it,
>>> with all safety measures in place. Furthermore, you do not interfere
>>> with the email software of those who have no interest at all.
>>> 
>>> If this situation is not already covered by the "etiquette" rules,
>>> as linked-to below, then it certainly should be.
>> 
>> I will add something regarding attachments (especially those of questionable
>> nature), though I fear no one actually reads it.
> 
> I think you're right :).  How about just reverting to your old policy of
> blocking attachments entirely?  I don't like attachments to mailing list on
> principle, and I get a message from our e-mail admins every time someone
> sends a zip attachment, since they're blocked here.
> 
> Gary, I'm copying you directly since my messages to the list seem to take
> hours to show up.

Howdy,

Sigh... Sounds like an extreme measure to me. I've mostly been happy with attachments if they are real demonstrations of a problem. I guess blocking all zipped attachments seems draconian to me too. Zipping a file that might get misinterpreted by mail application always seemed a smart thing to do.

Sorry if I've caused you problems when I occasionally felt an attachment would be helpful.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)