Hi - thanks for the 20 or so people who responded. A few tried to
send photos with their responses and as far as I'm aware these didn't
get through!
So far nearly all the votes have been to keep things as they are - no
attachments, and a small message size:
- helps trap worms & viruses
- many people do still use a slow connection and it's AWFUL to have to
sit and wait for several minutes to see an image - especially if it has
been re-forwarded or appended from earlier messages. Worse still if
it's spam or something more unpleasant. WORST of all if you are paying
for a timed phone connection as well!
- too difficult to filter content
- nobody has mentioned Andrew Taylor's fabulous archive at the UNSW.
Many many people search this without ever getting onto the mailing
list, and it provides an invaluable source of info for those who miss
messages, go away for a while, or who want to look up some older info.
Adding images to this archive would - I imagine - be pointless and
maybe disastrous.
- we already have Ozbirdpix for sharing Australian bird images. Why
replicate that?
So we'll be maintaining the status quo - no attachments, please, and no
inline images. Messages should be under 20Kb in size and should not
include both plain text and HTML. Plain text is preferred
Thanks
Russell
PS Yes, I will obey the rules too - no more footy tipping scores or
twitchathon pics as attachments - I'll do the right thing and put that
sort of stuff online and just post a link.
Russell Woodford
Birding-Aus List Owner
http://www.shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/
Geelong Victoria Australia
38º 04' 09" S 144º 23' 53" E
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almost exactly that wording
...... Hmmm I think we'll leave things as they are for now - but
please let's hear your comments (to me privately, unless you have
something new to add).
Cheers
Russell
Russell Woodford
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