On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:07:37 +0100, "Russell, D (Duncan)" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>It strikes
>me that once in the form of an archive the attachment would be effectively
>lost.

If the attachment is a properly formed MIME attachment, then in LISTSERV's WWW
archives, the message will become a 'clickable' link that can be easily
downloaded.  

e.g. http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0009&L=lstsrv-l&P=R1830

(scroll down to the bottom for the link to the *.PDF attachment)