[PRCo] Posting Pictures

[Dwight Long]

Bob

If the picture were embedded in the message AS SENT, there would be no need 
to clik on any linx!

Dwight

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert netzlof" <wb3iqe at rocketmail.com>
To: <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>; "Western PA Trolley discussion" 
<pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Posting Pictures


--- On Tue, 4/9/13, Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> There is nothing wrong with the
> current system. IF the photo is attached
> it is removed, stored with Mr.Brashear, and a Url placed at
> the bottom of
> the email. This is hardly the only system that works this
> way is it.

There seem to be three issues all tangled together.

1) Derrick's list processor removes all attachments, copies them to storage 
on his machine, inserts a link to the copy. Anyone who is not adverse to 
following links can see the pictures, read the attached files, and so on. 
Some folks are adverse.

2) Many e-mail client programs, that is, the programs each of us use to send 
e-mail, like to set up a copy of the message in Hyper Text Markup Language 
or Rich Text Format and send that as an attachment. That allows all sorts of 
colorful effects, animations, music, and general cuteness. Those get saved 
but not transmitted, see 1 above.

3) Many folks on this list do not delete extraneous material. They simply 
type a reply at the top of the message and send everything they received 
along with their 2 or 3 line contribution. Thus, messages tend to grow and 
grow and...

This last is not something Derrick can do anything about or rather, doing 
something about it runs the risk of deleting meaningful quotes. You, each 
one, _can_ do something about it. Namely, before you click on "send" delete 
crap which doesn't need to accompany your messages.

It might be a nice gesture also to look around and see if there is a setting 
for "plain text only" or some such in your e-mail client. Using it will 
eliminate a lot of the html or Rich Text attachments, save bandwidth on the 
internet, and save wear and tear on Derrick's system.

As to following links to see pictures, do what you want. If refraining from 
clicking on links gives you a feeling of security, by all means refrain. 
"There is none so blind as he who will not see" they tell me.

Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob





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