[TowerTalk] time to modernize the reflector

[jimlux]

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 at telus.net> wrote:
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>> ##  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?"