Reading attachments in Question Responses

[Guest]

This is a general question, not related to FP, but it is happening to me in
this Discussion Group. Some responses to a thread I was following said
something about an attachment they had included or something copied in, etc.
When I look at the message, I see no way of looking at the attachment. This
occurred in a CSS thread. Any suggestions as to how I can see those?

Thanks!!
Dorothy

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Dorothy,

Attachments are generally frowned upon in these newsgroups, for a couple of
reasons. One would be the reason you gave, which is that some interfaces
either block them or don't feature them at all. Another is that you never
know what someone might put into an attachment, either purposely or without
their knowledge.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Neither a follower
nor a lender be.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your information. It may be that the firewall I am behind is
preventing me from seeing the attachments. It sounded like they would have
been very informative! <sigh>

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FP]]

You can access these groups directly from Microsoft's newserver (NNTP) using
Outlook Express or another newsreader and see the attachments that way.
Here's how to set up Outlook Express to read newsgroups:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources/