>Yesterday I received 2 messages from the Getty that tied up my computer for
>an hour each. Whoever sent those messages, I beg of you:  PLEASE BE MORE
>SELECTIVE ABOUT WHAT YOU SEND!!! After an hour wait for each message to
>download, to my horror I discovered that these "messages" were nothing more
>than garbled TIFF codes. Please do not ever ever EVER send such messages
>again. The Museum-L is designed to handle word messages, not images. If we
>wish to access a web site, complete with images, that's one thing. E-mail,
>at least not my simple set-up, simply cannot handle images and other
>sophisticated electronic transmissions.
>
>I now live in terror of what may come down that electronic Museum-L pike.
>
>Did anyone else experience this problem with the Getty's "messages"?


Yep.  There have been several responses to it, including my two.

HBC

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