I agree with keeping the postings as text only. At times during busy correspondences between members, the receipt of the many messages adds to mailbox size. As noted in the previous post--I do not need to receive a large attachment if the message is meant for another or for a few others. This can be accomplished via direct e-mail to parties that would benefit.
Regards, Denis Ryskamp Environmental Compliance Manager Trimble Dayton 5475 Kellenburger Road Dayton, Ohio 45424 *: 01-937-245-5539 *: [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Bacher Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: GIFS on the EMC-PSTC list Gif's, large files, etc. can be posted on: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc The email list is currently set to allow files up to 100k. There were a number of reasons for doing so. I wanted to pass on the ones that were key for setting it to 100k. For one a number of our members travel to countries were connections speeds can be as low as 1200kbs. If you are traveling in such a place large files are an issue and could interfere with the persons work emails. One other major issue is we have about 1000 people on the list. All of which get an email. So a 1 meg file is multiplied by 1000, so it becomes 1 gig worth of data the email servers have to deal with. As the emails systems make the files bigger than the original size they grow in size during transit and shrink it at the other end, it would likely be more like 1.4g that the servers would have to transfer. So email is not a good way to transfer files when dealing with a list server, although it is an easy way. A number of email systems filter attachments. So the only way to insure everyone gets a copy of your file is to post it on the web page. A number of companies are starting to limit the size of files to under 100k. The IEEE email filters may filter GIFs as they can carry viruses, etc. Jim - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
