Colored Backgrounds
Alexander Sarras
pmmail@rpglink.com
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 22:51:18 +0100 (MEZ)
On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:14:37 +0100, Anders Gjerl=F8v wrote:
> Hi Cristian,
>
> On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 17:19:57 +0200, Cristian Secara wrote:
>
> >"Dear Sir,
> >
> >Bad luck you are unable to read .pdf files with your mobile phone.
> >However, to see what's about in our document, please leave your phone=
,
> >go to any personal computer, open a web browser and type to the Addre=
ss
> >Bar (if using IE) or Location Toolbar (if using NS) the following:
> >
> >http://www.etc./document.pdf
> Hmm - I maybe didn't state my problem clearly enough, or am missing a
> some basic sense of humour (in which case I ask you to forgive me). Bu=
t
> some people actually do check their pop accounts while on the road or
> at meetings etc. from a mobile phone. The "bandwith" is *low*, and
> therefore it's a good idea to give them a chance to see that you've
> replied to their e-mail, and then they can - next time they're at thei=
r
> office, have their laptop available (oops - sometimes they use thier
> mobiles as the modem, so they still have very slow connection!!), are
> at the hotel, at an Internet cafe, or whatever - check out what you've=
> sent. The point is, it will be done when they _choose_ to do it, not
> when you choose to send it.
>
More bluntly put, I'd be really pissed off getting that message. Would m=
e
get to reconsider _any_ business done with the originaor....
SaS
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