Ok, I get it now. Actually, Roger, THOSE attachments came from Hoosier Daddy, not Bob. Bob just sent a simple .doc file of a list of caches. I have no idea what a .prc file is and did not try to open those. Sarah ----- Original Message ---- From: "rogbarn@xxxxxxxxxxx" <rogbarn@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Steve Bromley <bromley@xxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:24:55 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Branson Caching - I show the entire email as 3 MB but it doesn't show fractions so I'm sure that is a rounded number. When I read the email, I see 3 attachments listed with sizes as follows: 63122toBranson.prc (160.9 KB) Spfd400.prc (1106.6 KB) StLtoSpfd+Branson.gpx (1416.4 KB) When I download the attachments, their sizes are: 63122toBranson.prc 118 kb Spfd400.prc 808 kb StLtoSpfd+Branson.gpx 1,034 kb So the attachments are about 1,960 kb, but in email they are 2,610 kb, an increase of 37%. Beyond this I can not shed any further light. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about email, file sizes, etc can. I apologize for sending off my complaint, it caught me at an inopportune time and it is very unusual to get attachments on any list (at least that I am on and I'm on several). Roger ---- Steve Bromley <bromley@xxxxxxx> wrote: > - > The attachment may only download as 25K but when I looked at > the size of the message on the mail server (the real test), > I see this message. > > -------------------------------------- > This Email and its attachments total to 2756k bytes in size > which could take a few minutes to download. > ----------------------------------- > > 2756k bytes is about 2.7 meg. I know that Outlook does a > lot of fancing wrapping of the messages, and the encoding > takes room but I'm not sure how much. Anyone with dialup > will feel the full pain of 2.7 meg. > > Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sarah Chisholm <sarah_cf30@xxxxxxxxx> > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Branson Caching > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:31:02 -0700 (PDT) > > >It was only 25kb in my e-mail box, Roger. How did you end > >up with 3mb? > > > >Sarah > > > >----- Original Message ---- > >From: "rogbarn@xxxxxxxxxxx" <rogbarn@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Cc: HoosierDaddy <_rnx_@xxxxxxx> > >Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 9:55:33 AM > >Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Branson Caching > > > >- > >sending 3 MB to a list is wrong. the list allowing > >attachments is wrong. Next time, please indicate what you > >have and offer to email it privately. Some people can't > >handle such large email easily. > > > >Thanks. > >Roger > > > >---- HoosierDaddy <_rnx_@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > **************************************** > > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including > >unsubscribing from this > > list, click -----> > >//www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived > >http://tinyurl.com/87cqw > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > **************************************** > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this > list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw