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[Randall Berry]

  Allow HTML and let the web do the work, link to the picture file in 
the message via HTML and let imgur, tinypic, photobucket, or some other 
free image bitbucket do most of the work. Basic HTML is simple to learn 
(most clients will do it for you), and those that don't want to receive 
HTML messages on their PC's or mobile clients can just switch their 
client to text only. I don't own a smart phone (by choice) but my PC's 
mail client is set for text only and it just shows plain text and a link 
to the picture, whether I choose to click or not is purely at my 
discretion.. Noted that some HTML extensive messages look a mess if the 
server does not send both types for the client to choose, but that's the 
same with some plain text messages and lists including this one sometimes.

  I myself have no quarrels with getting mail of "some guys civilian ham 
shack". In fact I'd enjoy it, I'm sure there's plenty more out there who 
do as well. If you don't like it, well you have options.

  And yes it is possible to save the pictures if you choose to do so. In 
fact, 99.9% of the content you read online is saved in cache unless 
you've turned off cache and have a magic connection to the web.. So 
yeah, pictures are saved by default and remain on disk whether you want 
them or not until the cache is dumped/overwritten. (Even afterward the 
files are still there, unless shredded or completely overwritten, but 
this isn't a lesson in computer forensics.)

  I can't remember if mailman does send it out as plain text with HTML 
or just one or the other, and/or if it is a choice in the 
admin/subscriber options. (I'm checking into that at this very moment. 
Just waiting on a reply from another list.. :) At any rate most 'smart' 
clients can sort it out. If your phone can't, well it's not that smart 
is it? ;p

  What I would hate to see is the list get spammed. Opening this option 
up would require some self policing as well as some overseeing to keep 
the list in line. This may be more work than the moderators want to see.

Just some of my pocket lint..


On 08/01/2014 11:38 PM, Jim Wilhite wrote:
> This is exactly what will happen.  That and the size of archives is 
> why we don't allow it on the list I moderate.
>
> Jim
> W5JO
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I disagree.  Allowing unconditional quantities of photos is a waste of 
> time
> and space.  Especially as most of them are made with dumb phones and are
> out of focus.  Plus in the very rare case where the photo is actually of
> interest (not of some guy's civilian hamshack, which I could care less 
> about), it
> is inconvenient to not possible to save the photo for future use or
> reference.
> Robert & Susan Downs - Houston