On 8/15/2010 4:29 AM, Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO wrote:
> That is the reason Yahoo! Groups went to the system they currently have.
> Nobody has to download the attachment unless they are interested in it. But
> everybody gets a LINK to the attachment that appears at the bottom of the
> email message. If you want to see the attachment, click on the link.
> Otherwise, you never incur the download time penalty. Works very well, and
> all attachments are scanned by Yahoo! for malware, viruses, etcl before
> being archived.
I do that with this reflector. There are many places that will allow
you to store photos, PDFs, and other binaries to which you can link.
I do make it a practice to never open links that don't tell me where
they are going, even if they are in a thread in which I'm interested.
Typically I prefer to receive mail as text only, but there are a number
of netzines to which I subscribe which have made me violate that rule.
OTOH to get the results I want when answering *some* mail I have to
first receive it in plain text before answering.
It's quite likely if some one would offer to pay for the software
license, the hardware upgrade, more storage, and the time to do the
upgrade they might be willing to do it. IIRC the entire operation is
volunteer and contributions. When you have something that is stable and
economical to run it, the thought of changing can be pretty daunting.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Bill W5WVO
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jim Brown"<jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 06:48
> To:<amps@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Why no images allowed?
>
>> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:55:00 -0700, Bill, W6WRT wrote:
>>
>>> I asked the question to see if there was a way to change things so
>>> that images, especially schematics, could be included in emails.
>> When I need to do that, I put the image on my website as a pdf and post a
>> link in the email. Of course, not everyone has a website. :)
>>
>> Another very good reason for no attachments is that some folks are still
>> stuck on dial-up access because they live out in the boonies. That can
>> also
>> happen when you're traveling. One big attachment can take an hour to
>> download, and you can't get the rest of your mail until you get that one.
>> That will sure spoil your day.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
>>
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