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How about web page updates by email?? Try FlexWindow. I haven't tried it yet but it looks like just the thing to allow clients who haven't got any HTML-savvy to dynamically update their own pages.

Ah, but how 'bout the all-time classic for driving someone mad... Disney's "It's a small world"

“I don't doubt that there is a configuration item somewhere in the PKZIP program where you can turn off automatic file compression of email attachments.” Tell us all where it is.

I don't use the program; my statement said that "I don't doubt that there is...", not that I KNEW there was. However, since you asked, I looked at their website http://www.pkware.com/ and retrieved this quote from the information about PKZIP Explorer... "easily toggle on or off automatic zipping of email attachments and configure other PKZIP options from within Microsoft® Outlook® 2000."

"They're so ingrained in the computer world that almost every company in the world has a site license for some sort of software to deal with them" Having worked with dozens of large Fortune 1000 companies, I can say that is not true.

I've worked with dozens of companies and never encountered one that didn't have a site license for either WinZip or PKZip or some other program for handling .zip files. A modern company can't do business without some sort of utility for dealing with .zip files.

"PKWare has probably gone to an advertising-supported model for one version of its software in order to get some revenue." You just contradicted your last statement. If every company has PKZIP, then they already have revenue.

I didn't say that every company has PKZIP, I said every company has some sort of program for dealing with .zip files. There are many software products that have an ad-supported version that's free and a version with no advertising that you have to pay for. One of the best known is Eudora. There's a freeware version that shows you advertising and a registered version that has no advertising but that you have to pay for. I didn't find anything on the PKWARE site about an ad-supported version but I only gave it a cursory glance.

”They're giving you the software for free... “ No, they are not. I and many others paid for it.

I made that statement with the presumption that there was a free ad-supported version of the software in addition to the paid version that you and many others have.

Try RTFM, and then make these statements.

And the same should apply to you as well since I was easily able to track down the information that the feature you were grumbling about can be turned off.

Mike

I don't doubt that there is a configuration item somewhere in the PKZIP program where you can turn off automatic file compression of email attachments. .zip files have been around almost as long as PCs (I've personally been using them for over eight years) and there's nothing nefarious about 'em. They're so ingrained in the computer world that almost every company in the world has a site license for some sort of software to deal with them, usually either WinZip or PKZip.

PKWare has probably gone to an advertising-supported model for one version of its software in order to get some revenue. They're giving you the software for free... but they sure as heck ain't doing it out of the goodness of their hearts. They need to make a buck, too.

I don't like advertising-supported software so I always BUY the full-fledged version of software that doesn't have any ad-bots built in. I own licensed copies of both PKZip and WinZip. I don't have the current version of PKZip so I can't verify it but I'd be willing to wager there's some way of turning off the automatic file compression feature.

Thanks for the link; it was just what I was looking for since my old one was outdated. Unfortunately, it seems like Westwood One is unable to sell the program into either the Chicago or Milwaukee market. That amazes me but so it goes. Guess I'll have to give the streaming links a try but I'm not real optimistic since I'm on a dial-up connection. Thanks again. Mike

Thanks for the help.