I agree completely in the lunacy of PIX file sizes but it is so easy to reduce size to under 500k and still be almost full screen size in an email. Just open all photos into PAINT and hit "resize" to 20% which reduces the file size by 20% squared or 4%. For even newer cameras, I find I need 15% or even 10% to get the picture small but still nearly full screen size. Then I save the file with the same file name but an "x" at the end so I have both the original and a small size one.
So I would love it if you could limit file size to maybe 1 meg and then allow them. Or even 500k if you like. People who want to post can take the extra step, those that wont take the step get their picture blocked. It only takes a few seconds for a sender to reduce file size. Bob, WB4APR Bob On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 2:11 AM EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 7 Nov 2021 at 19:12, (-Phil-) via EV wrote: > > > No images pass through the list. > > Please post your photos in a PUBLIC, OPEN place (no signup or login > required, please, even if it's free). > > That means ABSOLUTELY NOT EVER on Fakebook or Tweezer. Not even on an > allegedly public page. Sorry, I'm weird about this. > > Then post a link to the list. > > I use Postimage > > https://postimages.org/ > > It works great. > > For those who wonder why the list filters out pictures: > > When the list was young, a lot of subscribers were on slow and/or pay by the > KB or MB connections. > > Now hardly anyone is. However, the default size of digital photos has gone > completely insane, 10-16mp, with file sizes in the 3-20mb range. And a > large number of users *cannot* be convinced to resize them before posting. > > Therefore the "no photo attachments" policy remains for now. You're welcome > to try to convince me to change it. > > And get off my lawn. > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > When we look at Auschwitz we see the end of the process. The > Holocaust did not start with gas chambers. The hatred gradually > developed from words, stereotypes and prejudice, through legal > exclusion, dehumanisation and escalating violence. > > -- The Auschwitz Museum > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
