Thank you, Sherry... and Amen
On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Sherry/Support <[email protected]> wrote: > I beg to differ. Years ago I clicked on an image that came to me > by email > and got a nasty virus! > Hubby had a couple from doc files being passed around his company. I > have yet to receive one from a web page. > > > The other issue with attachments is that not all of our listers are on > broadband, many of them use mobile devices > - > which makes pictures in emails a real pain! > - > and many have limited internet access - pictures (and HTML email, as far > as that goes), eats up their monthly allotment. > > I *know* the lack of broadband and size of downloads are an issue because > I frequently see emails from customers complaining about how long it takes > to download the program or who have problems downloading and have used up > their monthly allotment! > > Now, in a perfect world, if everyone would resize their screen shots to > something like under 200 KB, it probably would be fine. But, as we know, > this isn't a perfect world and people don't know how to resize screen shots > (or don't think of it) so they come through several MB in size.... > > Heck, we can't even get people to trim messages! > > So let's drop this thread. Anyone can set up a free Dropbox, Skydrive, > Box or any other file sharing service account, upload a screen shot to a > public folder and let those interested click on the picture. > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 6:54 AM, Paul Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ron, >> >> >> >> Do you ever view web pages with images? I bet you do, as well as almost >> everyone on this group. An image attached to an e-mail is no different, >> from a security perspective, than any other image on the web. This scare >> mongering about the dangers of image attachments is just plain wrong! >> >> >> >> As long as one has good anti-virus protection, there is no additional >> risk to e-mail image attachments vis a vis anything else on the web. >> >> >> >> That being said, I’ve long given up on this policy changing on this group >> and am still grateful for the (text only) help it provides. >> >> >> >> Paul Gray >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Ron Bernier [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* June-04-14 2:45 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Clicking and/or right clicking is getting >> "MORE" than annoying >> >> >> >> If Legacy ever allowed attachments to the list, I would be unsubscribed >> immediately. You have other options/outlets for displaying images if you >> are unable to clearly describe your issue. Not sure why you feel it is a >> good idea to jeopardize other users computer safety to satisfy a need to >> post attachments. >> >> >> >> Ron Bernier >> >> Woonsocket, RI >> >> >> >> > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
