[ILUG] semding binary files using mail

[Brian Foster]

  | Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:17:01 +0000
  | From: "John P. Looney" <john at antefacto.com>
  | 
  | On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 05:46:38PM +0000, Brian Foster mentioned:
  | > [ ... ] an issue I'm currently struggling with
  | >  myself, when I e-mail my CV ---  many recipients insist on having
  | >  M$-Word (or RTF) format; do not know what to do with PostScript;
  | >  and seem to use obsolete versions of Acrobat Reader (v3 or earlier!),
  | >  making PDF problematic.  and, much worse, not all will accept simple
  | >  (US-)ASCII text as a substitute!  ;-(
  | 
  |  Do what I do...mail them a URL to a Text one. It's sufficent.
  | And, any company that requires a word CV is likely to be one you
  | couldn't be arsed entertaining anyway.
  | 
  | Kate

thanks for the suggestion.

 actually, I do do that, explicitly pointing out my website with varied
 formats in the cover e-mail, and also in my .signature ....  hasn't
 worked yet!  perhaps if I didn't attach my CV ?   (the people I won't
 deal with at all are those who seem to insist that a CV be submitted
 via their website.)

 the problem seems to be more with agencys, and (to a lessor extent)
 the HR dept of larger companies.  if I can _get_ the CV to the
 appropriate tech manager (which is what I usually try to do, the
 problem here being getting the name/title) or a knows-me insider,
 things are Ok --- for the reason you imply, namely, I won't work
 for M$-loving b*****ds.

cheers,
	-blf-
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