On Feb 26 18:41 96, jim barchuk of 1:3646/23 wrote to Jerry Schwartz:

JS>> Just in case somebody starts to take this seriously, there are 
JS>> Windows-based QWK readers that support embedded objects.  I've 
JS>> banned the use of such tricks from the Windows conference, 
JS>> because while those in the know amuse themselves by mailing 
JS>> burps and grunts around everyone else sees pages of garbage.

jb> Can't you just tell them to take it to WINDOWS_GRUNT_BURPS? [G]

jb> Isn't the audio hidden behind ^As?  If not, that was a very foolish 
jb> implementation, unless there's some other rationale.


I don't think ^A kludge lines belong in the middle of the text, do they? 
There's no expectation that embedded objects would be at the beginning of
the message.  I'm not sure what those rules are.

In any case, a message that had 10k of kludge lines in it would be just as bad.

Jerry Schwartz
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