* Timur Irikovich Davletshin <[email protected]> [05-06-18 23:30]: > I'm really surprised that it's not Patrick who started this thread ;-) > > IMO: > > 1. In-line attachments of images (tables, patches, colored text, etc.) > is a bad thing because they never look right and they take time and > precious megabytes. > 2. Links to third party sites used again and again in different types > of mail attacks, shortened links especially dangerous. > 3. HTML letters are bad for the same reason — formatting never looks > right and it's easy to fake HTML links. Composing letters in Microsoft > Mailsomething is eleventh sin. > 4. Meanwhile I'm OK with attachment of any size which is accepted by > server — attachments are loaded on demand. > 5. Mailing list etiquette rules is a right way to solve this problem. > > Timur. > > On Mon, 2018-05-07 at 10:12 +1000, Terry Duell wrote: > > One way to "deal with it" is to make all the other mailing list > > users > > aware of how inconsiderate and rude you are. > > I don't have any desire to have an ongoing argument about this, other > > than > > to try to make you aware, and understand, that posting large files to > > a > > mailing list is bad mailing list etiquette. > > > > On Mon, 07 May 2018 08:55:53 +1000, Henri Turpeenoja > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well thats how it goes. Useless to bitch about something totally > > > illusive. > > > Just deal with it. > > > > > > ma 7. toukokuuta 2018 klo 1.50 Terry Duell <[email protected]> > > > kirjoitti: > > > > > > > On Mon, 07 May 2018 08:42:16 +1000, Henri Turpeenoja > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Well remove 'em if they are "too big". > > > > > > > > > > > > > That doesn't prevent them arriving in my inbox. > > > > Attaching large files to a mailing list is bad etiquette. > > > > Not everyone needs or wants to receive it, which is why a link is > > > > a > > > > preferred option if a small file cannot be used. > > > > > > > >
I do agree with Terry and sorry you fail to see. but this should not be discussed on-list. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
