I don't know about the decisions of the current list administrator here, but I make a point of deactivating attachments on all the mailing lists I own. The chance to proliferate viruses is just too high if attachments are turned on. You make a valid point regarding historicity and posterity. Still, in my point of view the virus/Trojan/worm issue trumps that. YMMV, and the list owner here may also disagree with me.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Vogel [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 10:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Forums Question & possible change request > > Nicole, > > I could do the same with Google Drive, but that involves a > large number of additional steps. If a forum can support file > attachments I personally think it should, and so I've asked the > question. If it either doesn't, or does but the administrator won't > activate that option, then I'll go that route. > > I also find the third-party file hosting services to be a bad > idea from the viewpoint of "the historical record" for someone > searching these forums at a much later point in time. People will > often delete old files that they no longer had use for when space gets > tight, but that then leaves anyone who might want a file like this for > practice after that happens without any access to it. If it's done as > an attachment and is held on the forums server that attachment usually > has a life as long as the actual forum itself. > > Brian > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to [email protected] Archives located at: http://www.groups.io/g/jfw/threads Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, posts received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at [email protected]. -=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View This Message (#36836): https://groups.io/g/jfw/message/36836 Mute This Thread: https://groups.io/mt/369274?uid=21656 Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/jfw/editsub?uid=21656 Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/jfw/leave/46502/1292106160/xyzzy Group Home: https://groups.io/g/jfw Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
