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This is a mailing list, not some web thingy. At least that's the way *I* access it, my mail program hits the groups.io servers and downloads this stuff...
While DSL was at one time considered "broadband", it's a poor performer compared to what some folks do with cable, etc. Unfortunately this rural location doesn't provide a whole lot of choices.
The point here is that when one of you guys attaches a multi-megabyte file to one of these emails, I get to download it whether I want it or not. Which ties up my connectivity until the download is done.
I don't mind the occasional pictures and such, but those big files are something else!
I'd appreciate it if you guys could simply put such large files where somebody can get at them, and provide a link, for those that want it, rather than forcing those of us who get things this way to download for no immediate benefit.
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
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On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 12:33 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
I'd appreciate it if you guys could simply put such large files where somebody can get at them, and provide a link, for those that want it, rather than forcing those of us who get things this way to download for no immediate benefit.
Hi Roy,
In your subscription to this group, go to Advanced and you will see the maximum attachment size option, below:
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Max Attachment Size
?? ?? ?? ?? ?
Unlimited
?? ?? ?? ?? ?
0 (no attachments)
?? ?? ?? ?? ?
100KB
?? ?? ?? ?? ?
500KB
?? ?? ?? ?? ?
5MB
? ? ?? ?? ?
Maximum size of attachments sent to you in emails. For attachments larger than this size, links to retrieve them will be provided instead.
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You can control the attachments which are sent to you.
Also, you can change Digest or Summary rather than All Messages, which allows you to choose individual messages.
Take care,
Larry
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This is exactly the reason why many groups do not allow attachments.
DaveD
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On Feb 23, 2022, at 14:02, Larry McElhiney via groups.io <lmcelhiney@...> wrote:
?On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 12:33 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
I'd appreciate it if you guys could simply put such large files where somebody can get at them, and provide a link, for those that want it, rather than forcing those of us who get things this way to download for no immediate benefit.
Hi Roy,
In your subscription to this group, go to Advanced and you will see the maximum attachment size option, below:
¡
Max Attachment Size
?? ?? ?? ?? ?
Unlimited
?? ?? ?? ?? ?
0 (no attachments)
?? ?? ?? ?? ?
100KB
?? ?? ?? ?? ?
500KB
?? ?? ?? ?? ?
5MB
? ? ?? ?? ?
Maximum size of attachments sent to you in emails. For attachments larger than this size, links to retrieve them will be provided instead.
¡
You can control the attachments which are sent to you.
Also, you can change Digest or Summary rather than All Messages, which allows you to choose individual messages.
Take care,
Larry
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On 2022-02-23, at 23:55, Dave Daniel <kc0wjn@...> wrote:
This is exactly the reason why
The fact that this entire issue is already neatly solved in groups.io? No, that is a reason to let the attachments flow. (Reasonable restraint is good, administratively prohibiting is bad.) many groups do not allow attachments. Let¡¯s not be *that* uncle. Gr¨¹?e, Carsten
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Can you configure your e-mail application to leave attachments on the server and only down load them if requested. Most clients have tis setting.
Cheers!
Bruce
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This is exactly the reason why many groups do not allow attachments.
DaveD
On Feb 23, 2022, at 14:02, Larry McElhiney via groups.io <lmcelhiney@...> wrote:
?On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 12:33 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
I'd appreciate it if you guys could simply put such large files where somebody can get at them, and provide a link, for those that want it, rather than forcing those of us who get things this way to download for no immediate benefit.
Hi Roy,
In your subscription to this group, go to Advanced and you will see the maximum attachment size option, below:
¡
Max Attachment Size
Maximum size of attachments sent to you in emails. For attachments larger than this size, links to retrieve them will be provided instead.
¡
You can control the attachments which are sent to you.
Also, you can change Digest or Summary rather than All Messages, which allows you to choose individual messages.
Take care,
Larry
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Hi all
I believe in your personal settings you can set an attachment limit to the size of attachment that you reweave
Personally I would prefer all attachments to stop and pictures put into a file with a link to them from the posting
This would also stop multiple attachments each time a mail is replied to that has an attachment
Also in most cases 1 meg is big enough to display the problem
Regards Paul
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Sent: 23 February 2022 23:04 To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] massive attachments Can you configure your e-mail application to leave attachments on the server and only down load them if requested. Most clients have tis setting. Cheers! Bruce Quoting Dave Daniel <kc0wjn@...>: This is exactly the reason why many groups do not allow attachments.
DaveD
On Feb 23, 2022, at 14:02, Larry McElhiney via groups.io
<lmcelhiney@...> wrote:
?On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 12:33 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
I'd appreciate it if you guys could simply put such large files where
somebody can get at them, and provide a link, for those that want it,
rather than forcing those of us who get things this way to download
for no immediate benefit.
Hi Roy,
In your subscription to this group, go to Advanced and you will see
the maximum attachment size option, below:
¡
Max Attachment Size
Maximum size of attachments sent to you in emails. For attachments
larger than this size, links to retrieve them will be provided
instead.
¡
You can control the attachments which are sent to you.
Also, you can change Digest or Summary rather than All Messages,
which allows you to choose individual messages.
Take care,
Larry
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Groups.io already converts attachments to links. You just have to reject all attachments in your settings on groups.io.
Cheers, Kuba
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23 feb. 2022 kl. 6:23 em skrev Paul Bicknell <admin@...>:
?Hi all
I believe in your personal settings you can set an attachment limit to the size of attachment that you reweave
Personally I would prefer all attachments to stop and pictures put into a file with a link to them from the posting
This would also stop multiple attachments each time a mail is replied to that has an attachment
Also in most cases 1 meg is big enough to display the problem
Regards Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce
Sent: 23 February 2022 23:04
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] massive attachments
Can you configure your e-mail application to leave attachments on the server and only down load them if requested. Most clients have tis setting.
Cheers!
Bruce
Quoting Dave Daniel <kc0wjn@...>:
This is exactly the reason why many groups do not allow attachments.
DaveD
On Feb 23, 2022, at 14:02, Larry McElhiney via groups.io
<lmcelhiney@...> wrote:
?On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 12:33 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
I'd appreciate it if you guys could simply put such large files where
somebody can get at them, and provide a link, for those that want it,
rather than forcing those of us who get things this way to download
for no immediate benefit.
Hi Roy,
In your subscription to this group, go to Advanced and you will see
the maximum attachment size option, below:
¡
Max Attachment Size
Maximum size of attachments sent to you in emails. For attachments
larger than this size, links to retrieve them will be provided
instead.
¡
You can control the attachments which are sent to you.
Also, you can change Digest or Summary rather than All Messages,
which allows you to choose individual messages.
Take care,
Larry
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 23:22, Paul Bicknell < admin@...> wrote: Hi all
I believe in your personal settings you can set an attachment limit to the size of attachment that you reweave
? Yes, one can set any limit on attachments, even including a size of zero so you don't get any. i believe that will compress images to a size you set too, although I am unsure of that.?
Personally I would prefer all attachments to stop and pictures put into a file with a link to them from the posting
? But most people could not be bothered with that hassle. It is far easier to attach something.?
This would also stop multiple attachments each time a mail is replied to that has an attachment
? Yes, that is annoying, but still better than expecting people to? upload to a file area.
?
Also in most cases 1 meg is big enough to display the problem
Agreed.?
Regards Paul
? Dave (group owner)
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Hi Kuba
I think you misunderstood what I was saying put the picture in the pictures file and then put a link to the pictures file
This should stop multiple copies appearing on the site also
Then they can be deleted later by the person that put them there
Regards Paul
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] On Behalf Of Kuba Ober via groups.io Sent: 24 February 2022 00:21 To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] massive attachments Groups.io already converts attachments to links. You just have to reject all attachments in your settings on groups.io. Cheers, Kuba 23 feb. 2022 kl. 6:23 em skrev Paul Bicknell <admin@...>:
?Hi all
I believe in your personal settings you can set an attachment limit to
the size of attachment that you reweave Personally I would prefer all
attachments to stop and pictures put into a file with a link to them
from the posting
This would also stop multiple attachments each time a mail is replied
to that has an attachment Also in most cases 1 meg is big enough to
display the problem
Regards Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce
Sent: 23 February 2022 23:04
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] massive attachments
Can you configure your e-mail application to leave attachments on the server and only down load them if requested. Most clients have tis setting.
Cheers!
Bruce
Quoting Dave Daniel <kc0wjn@...>:
This is exactly the reason why many groups do not allow attachments.
DaveD
On Feb 23, 2022, at 14:02, Larry McElhiney via groups.io
<lmcelhiney@...> wrote:
?On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 12:33 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
I'd appreciate it if you guys could simply put such large files
where somebody can get at them, and provide a link, for those that
want it, rather than forcing those of us who get things this way to
download for no immediate benefit.
Hi Roy,
In your subscription to this group, go to Advanced and you will see
the maximum attachment size option, below:
¡
Max Attachment Size
Maximum size of attachments sent to you in emails. For attachments
larger than this size, links to retrieve them will be provided
instead.
¡
You can control the attachments which are sent to you.
Also, you can change Digest or Summary rather than All Messages,
which allows you to choose individual messages.
Take care,
Larry
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 17:34, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. < roy@...> wrote: This is a mailing list,? not some web thingy.? At least that's the way *I* access it,? my mail program hits the servers and downloads this stuff...
But it is a "web thingy" - it is not just a mailing list.? How you choose it is up to you, but as has been pointed out, you can restrict the size of attachments, including setting the size to 0, so you never see any.
While DSL was at one time considered "broadband",? it's a poor performer compared to what some folks do with cable,? etc.? Unfortunately this rural location doesn't provide a whole lot of choices.
I am in the same boat - ADSL from a rural location in the UK.?
The point here is that when one of you guys attaches a multi-megabyte file to one of these emails,? I get to download it whether I want it or not.? Which ties up my connectivity until the download is done.
? It does not need to.?
I don't mind the occasional pictures and such,? but those big files are something else!
I can't be bothered to check, but I think you can get images downloaded, but at a resolution you set. So you see the image. If you want higher quality, go to the web server.?
I'd appreciate it if you guys could simply put such large files where somebody can get at them,? and provide a link,? for those that want it,? rather than forcing those of us who get things this way to download for no immediate benefit.
Dave (group owner)
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These days, with the huge pixel counts on "modern" smartphones, pics do often carry very few information compared to the size of the file.
A great tool is "ImageOptim". Its free. Just drop a pic on it, and its size can be reduced up to a factor of 10 or more, often without visible degradation to the pic.
cheers
Martin
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Reminds me of a saying...
It is better to don sandals than carpet the world.
What's next?? Demanding people wear certain things (that has nothing to do with covering indecent exposure) in public or face jail time and/or fines? Oh...wait...
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Larry McElhiney
Paul Bicknell
Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd
Martin