Dear Carolyn and Alpine-L members, As some may recall after Alpine-L's moved to its new hosting location (back in Dec. 2010), the system allowed file attachments. But with some testing, the recommendation was to NOT send file attachments as these negatively impact members's email inboxes. It is better to use alternative methods to share images, such as posting to AlpenPix; http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/index.php?gal=AlpenPix
If you have questions about posting to FloraPix-AlpenPix galleries, contact FloraPix-AlpenPix Gallery Manager: Paige Woodward ([email protected]). Feedback on the "non-tech" comment is clear; it must be remembered that only approximately 43% of the USA has high speed internet available, a surprisingly low number for sure, and when on dial-up because it's the only option, it's all about small file-size. The image that went through is 1.9 Megabyte; relatively huge. The problem these days, digital cameras and smart phones can snap away a bunch of huge files in an instant. The problem is, such images are not yet optimized for the web nor for dial-up or DSL connections, they are about 10x-20x bigger in file size than they need to be. As an unintended consequence to the large file attachment, it kicked off several Alpine-L digests, as digests become initiated after a certain small file size is reached. To Fran Doyle: I know you asked to removed from Alpine-L as a result of the large file download. I hope this was just an isolated incident, and that large file downloads will not be a regular issue. Please send me a personal email if indeed you want to unsubscribe, but I would like to hear from you first. Regards, Mark McDonough Alpine-L list-owner [email protected] Massachusetts, USA ***your Alpine-L account settings*** http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l ***Alpine-L archive message links*** http://mailman.science.uu.nl/pipermail/alpine-l/ http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/index.html ============== Carolyn Strong wrote: Sorry, I keep forgetting how non-tech this group is. No more photos from the field. I sent the rocks to show the general area to Cliff who mentioned the dryness and said it to the group. Sometimes sending from a phone, the cell tower you are on says it has not sent, but it has. Then when you hit the next tower it sends again causing duplicate messages. 1 MB is pretty standard for most systems, but I now realize not this group. _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
