Umm folks. You don't like .vcf's. I really get tired of angry tirades
about netiquette. If you don't like them then ignore them. .vcf
attachments are nothing more than a format for electronic calling cards.
Most email clients support them. It makes it easy to adds someone's contact
information to your contacts list rather than having to manually type it, if
it's available at all. You can normally capture an email address easily
enough but .vcfs allow you to capture other commonly useful or needed info
like phone numbers and addresses. Also, I support Outlook for my
organization allong with Win9x and NT and a bunch of other stuff. There are
a lot of things I don't like about it but all things considered it's not
that bad and there are much worse. But it doesn't produce .vcf's by default
(Unless you're referring to Outlook Express. I can't speak for that) any
more than it produces a signature by default. You have to create both. I
choose to do so. They are very handy when people use them and no one has
ever complained about them before. Granted that most people I mail with use
PCs or Macs or whatever but .vcfs are pretty small to be griping about.
This is not endless nested quotes or something.
Jon.
-----Original Message-----
From: Donna Dolezal Zelzer [mailto:djz@efn.org]
Sent: Monday, 07.02.00 5:14 AM
To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
Subject: Re: NTLK What is with these .vcf attachments???
At 5:21 PM -0500 2/6/2000, Robert Gray spoke thusly:
>>
>>Attachment converted: lothlorien:tcpalmer.vcf 2 (TEXT/ttxt) (0000AB2E)
>
>What is with these .vcf attachments??? Isn't this BAADDDDD
>netiquette? I get some annoyed at a desktop full of these snvelling
>little personal promos.... I routinely refuse attachements and wish
>listers would cease and desist!!!
I hate them, too, but I suspect most people who send them don't
realize they're being sent. I know Outlook is set to send them.. you
need to turn that option off in the preps. I don't know about other
mail programs.
Anyway, I agree with Robert.. please check your prefs and turn off
the V-card option except when sending to people who can and want to
get them.
Donna
Donna Dolezal Zelzer donna@moonlily.com
http://www.moonlily.com/ <<<Contributions wanted!!>>>
******************************************
This month's NewtonTalk brought to you by:
EVOTE.COM, the ultimate Political Junkie site on the 'Net.
The Clinton Administration, the George Bush
2000 Campaign, and almost every other major
U.S. politician has said something nasty
about us at some time. Find out why at:
http://www.evote.com
******************************************
Need Subscribe/Unsubscribe info?
Visit http://www.planetnewton.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Mar 01 2000 - 00:00:05 EST