On 2020-06-19 23:42, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >>> Images take up a lot of space and are best dealt with via links. > > On Fri, 19 Jun 2020, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >> Which rot over time. >> If you're going to create a permanent archive, you need to archive any >> attachments as well. >> http://www.vcfed.org/forum is a perfect example of messages full of >> link rot. > > We need, or at least want, to handle BOTH. > Long-term, "permanent" content, as well as > the casual "What is this? here's what it looks like" > > I have no idea whether it is practical to handle those the same, or > differently.
Some mailing lists accept only attachments, if those are links into the permanent storage at the mail server ...
