On this note, some tools provide this kind of thing for a fairly small overhead. Google run picasa on the web which is a no brainer for putting pictures up on for discussion - this has the advantage that they can also be "hidden" or "public". Someone has also mentioned blogger as an option, but this has a slightly higher activation energy.
See: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/graeme.winter/IllustrativeExample For an example. This was very straightforward. The benefit of sharing a picture will almost certainly outweigh the effort required to do the upload. Cheers, Graeme -----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David J. Schuller Sent: 31 January 2008 13:27 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Web site GOOD, Attachment BAD On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 08:12 -0500, Raji Edayathumangalam wrote: > Can the CCP4BB provide something like a website to upload pictures and > then have the BB-ers just post the link in their email. Please! > > These attachments are clogging my inbox... > > Thanks much. > Raji If you're talking about an open site where anyone can post, then we could run a contest to predict how long it takes for it to be hacked and used for illegal file dispersal. If you're talking about a site where CCP4 personnel could remove attachments from incoming e-mail and post them on the site, I suspect that CCP4 personnel would prefer not to handle that extra work load. The same for a site where CCP4 personnel would administer private accounts for users to post. I think it's better if each person finds their own site where they can securely post. Cheers, - ======================================================================= With the single exception of Cornell, there is not a college in the United States where truth has ever been a welcome guest - R.G. Ingersoll ======================================================================= David J. Schuller modern man in a post-modern world MacCHESS, Cornell University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
