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Re: Posting picture files



On 02/05/16 03:57, Gene Heskett wrote:
> So I'd like to prose a compromise that recognizes the folks still 
> on dialup and at dialup speeds. Possibly paying by the minute for 
> access.
> 
> Accept the attachment, but strip it from the message that goes
> back out to the list and store it on paste.debian.org with a 30
> day expire, substituting the URL for the attachment, placing it
> above any sig separators so the link would propagate in replies.
> 
> By this, you would protect the folks who do not have the bandwidth 
> at low cost available, while still offering a facility to show 
> those who do have the BW to participate, seeing the image/snapshot 
> linked by no more than clicking on the link in the email.
> 
> Whats not to like?

It would break signed messages, which seems to be the reason we no
longer have list-server footers on messages either.

Richard


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