[iyonix-support] Re: Flashed it now, but ...

  • From: Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:39:48 +0000

On 31 Jan, Dr Peter Young wrote in message
    <9cb95fe250.pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> On 31 Jan 2010  "David J. Ruck" <druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > If you want to make a file available for other people to view, put it on
> > your web space and post a link.
> 
> Apart from arbitrary rules, not known to everyone, is there a real reason
> for not posting attachments to lists?

Yes: leaving aside the bandwidth issues, you force many people with no
interest in the thread to either strip the attachments or keep the
(ptentially large) files in their mail system.

Here, attachments sent to mailing lists end up in the weekly backups of my
mail system; over time enough idiots sending unwated posts to lists can add
up to a reasonable amount of wasted disc space (or time, if I have to
manually strip them all).

-- 
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/
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