I want to praise Tony Decap because he remembered the request that
appears at the bottom of every email MMDigest (including this MMD that
you are reading now!):

> The MMDigest can accept only plain text e-mail without attachments.
> Send attachments (images, etc.) for the MMD web site to:
>
>    editor@foxtail.com

Tony sent the huge file "DemoMidiMapper.exe" and supporting data files
to me at <editor@foxtail.com> as requested.

While I am writing on this subject, I also want to remind everyone that
most folks in this world do not have high-speed Internet service and so
big attachments require much, much time to receive (to download from
the ISP).  Another problem is that huge attachments fill the "mail box"
at the ISP very quickly.

Here are my suggestions for good Internet etiquette:

1. Ask _each_ recipient beforehand if it is okay to send him a big
attachment.

2. Reduce the size of the attachment by cropping (trimming) unnecessary
data, by reducing the resolution, and by using an appropriate data
compression method.

Photo image editing programs such as Adobe PhotoDeluxe can apply
further data compression to digital camera images yet preserve
satisfactory image quality.  (Most of the huge digital camera files
I receive can be reduced to 15% file size, e.g., from 200 kb to 30 kb,
with little visible degradation.)

Some image editing programs have a button to compress to a given file
size, as for images to be placed at a web page.  If the image is of
a drawing, experiment with GIF or PNG or compressed TIFF formats.

Audio WAV files can be compressed to MP3 files using inexpensive
software such as Audioactive Production Studio (Telos Systems).

Be considerate and use good 'Netiquette -- your email recipients will
appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Robbie Rhodes