The vcard.vcf is a different beast than the trash that Exchange,
     Outlook and ccMail tack on to each message.  The attachment you
     describe is a "virtual id card" that serves to provide personal and
     business information to the recipient of the email.  It is kind of
     like saying "oh, and by the way, here's my card".  These are most
     useful when you are accessing a web site that can automatically read
     your vcf file to fill in a registration form or the like.

     There is a lot more useless noise on this list to worry about than
     electronic calling cards and automatic attachments added by badly
     behaved email readers.  I personally hate the messages where someone
     says "hey everyone, I just wrote this nifty little utility, it's only
     1Meg, and here it is in case you're interested".


     CIAO - Martin.


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Subject: Re: OT: Attachments on Piclist mail
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Date:    5/20/98 6:57 AM


At 9:45 AM +0100 5/20/98, Joe McCauley wrote:

>Is it just me being fussy or does anyone else have a problem with useless
>attachments coming in on the list?

I have the same experience/complaint, most commonly with a gem named vcard.vcf