> Of course, those of us on the Macintosh OS not only had to endure the long
> download, but then could not open the file even if we wanted to do so!
>
> Jeff

Dear Jeff, dear list-ners,

on my PC with Word for Windows and new software from t-online, I realized at 
once the enourmous lenth of this document. It took me about 4 minutes to 
download it (which was the longest I ever received), but when I realzied an 
exe.file I stopped opening the gift box at once to prevent loading a virus.

I hope for anybody, that it was not containing a virus. Save the informations on 
the sender anyway...
If this was "only" a joke, the sender does not seems to be very intelligent. He 
made not a gift but caused to many list-ners COSTS. But in these peaceful days, 
let us be not too angry with him/her.

By the way: The new faster eMail tools which allow quicker downloading and 
reducing the telephone costs at least here in Germany are free of charge (aol, 
t-online, probably also by compuserve). Get an ISDN-connection, sell your old 
modem and get the new fast software - it will reduce your eMail costs by 50%!

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