[PRCo] Re: Ecartis

[Dwight Long]

Herb

That blue link and the fact that the photo has disappeared from the email as 
sent are the indices that Ecartis has for its own reasons hi-jacked the 
photo and put it into that figurative trash bin.

Thanks for demonstrating my point.

Now, I wonder if my cats would be afraid of Ecartis?

Dwight

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 6:31 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Ecartis


> As my cat has an inherent fear of vacuum cleaners so does Dwight have an
> inherent fear of Ecartis.
> I have tried to explain, as has Derrick, that the photo will not appear 
> but
> a "link in blue color type" will appear at the bottom of any email and to
> view said photo one must "left click" on that link. Alas, all to no avail.
>
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 18:22, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Joshua
>>
>> When I send you this message, it will appear on your email screen.  It 
>> will
>> also appear on mine.
>>
>> If I were to (I've learned not to) include (or attach) a photo, or map, 
>> or
>> any such sort of graphic with the email, it will not appear on either 
>> your
>> or my computer screen.  It has been "stolen" by Ecartis and put into the
>> proverbial trash can in cyberspace.  I realize that it may be possible to
>> retrieve it therefrom, if one cares to dig about in the trash.
>>
>> The email program I use allows pictures either to be included in the body
>> of
>> the message or attached to it.  It works quite well. One could only wish
>> Ecartis did as well.
>>
>> Dwight
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joshua Dunfield" <joshua.dunfield at gmail.com>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 5:27 PM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: night car schedules, 1912
>>
>>
>> > If you think they're going to "a trash bin somewhere in cyberspace",
>> > well, the files that Ecartis creates come from the same place as this
>> > message.  The machine at lists.dementix.org, where your "dreaded
>> > Ecartis" stores its files, is the same address that this message will
>> > be resent from.  If you reply to this message, you will be sending it
>> > to the very same "trash bin somewhere in cyberspace" that you dread.
>> >
>> > Now, for all I know, Derrick does actually have a server inside a
>> > trash bin.  Stranger things have been done.  But it doesn't seem
>> > likely.
>> >
>> > -j.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2012-04-17, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Phil
>> >>
>> >> Since I am probably the primary--but not only--"trasher" of Ecartis 
>> >> for
>> >> its
>> >> taking photos out of emails, I can assure you that as long as it
>> >> continues
>> >> to do so I will continue to bitch about it.  Your statement about
>> Ecartis
>> >> not trashing photos is false--Ecartis DOES take them out of legitimate
>> >> emails and puts them into a trash bin somewhere in cyberspace.
>> >>
>> >> But I share your commendation of Derrick for hosting this list.  I 
>> >> just
>> >> wish
>> >> he could use, without great expense or toil on his part, software that
>> is
>> >> more user friendly.
>> >>
>> >> Dwight
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
>> >> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:24 AM
>> >> Subject: [PRCo] Re: night car schedules, 1912
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>> >>> To: Pittsburgh Railways Group <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
>> >>> Cc:
>> >>> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 11:23 PM
>> >>> Subject: [PRCo] night car schedules, 1912
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19120102&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
>> >>>
>> >>> skip to page 51. it's a whole page ad.
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Derrick
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>>
>> >>> Mr.Brashear, This is excellent. Is there a way to save a readable 
>> >>> copy?
>> >>> "Selecting" apparently copys the whole newspaper. Pasting reveals 
>> >>> only
>> >>> the right column of sponsored links, nothing of the newspaper itself.
>> >>> Individual screen shots of sections is quite tedious isn't it.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thank you for your time with the list. I know your software is
>> >>> performing
>> >>> as
>> >>> designed; it works as perfectly as anything can in an imperfect 
>> >>> world.
>> >>> All
>> >>> these complaints about trashing photos are redundant but more
>> >>> importantly totally false. I hope they now cease and desist.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Phil
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
>
>
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