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Re: [TowerTalk] time to modernize the reflector

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] time to modernize the reflector
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 05:52:30 -0700
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On 8/26/19 3:10 AM, Charles Gallo wrote:
Plain text non HTML non attachment email may not pass pictures, but it also 
doesn't pass viruses, tracking cookies, hidden pixel gifs for tracking, etc

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73 de KG2V
Charlie

On Aug 26, 2019, at 12:46 AM, Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote:


##  Biggest  problem  with  tower  talk,  amps, etc,  is  NO PIX !!
Folks  spend  countless time  and  effort  ..describing stuff,  when
a simple  pix  would  have sufficed.  Pix  is  worth  a   1000  words.



There are mailman lists which allow pictures and attachments (time-nuts). Charlie does raise a good point, though.

I suspect that any mailing list system (yahoo, group.io, etc) does provide some amount of tailoring as to what attachments and sizes are possible, etc.

I moderate a couple lists, using mailman, and one aspect of moderation I hate is the "evil links" in a post problem. The list doesn't accept attachments, so if people want to post schematics, pictures, etc. they have to find a place to drop them, and then link to it- Which mailman, nor any other list management software, helps. Except in an sort of peculiar way.

Archaic old school mailing lists are not as likely to be viewed as a target by a troll looking to make trouble by posting links to bad places.

We also have a rule on that list that you need to describe what the link is pointing to in some detail - a post with just a link gets bounced. Again, this helps reduce the trolls - a troll isn't going to write a couple sentences saying "here's the schematic of the pulse generator. Do you think that Q3 is biased correctly?"
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