[Milsurplus] [ARC5] All Good Things.....

[Bob Camp]

Hi

By far the most confusing part of opening things up is the size limit. The practical maximum
message size to stay “everybody compatible” is pretty small (64KB). By todays standards
that’s a silly number. It’s one of those things that got set back a few thousand Internet years
ago and has stayed as the default on a number of mail systems. The result is that pictures 
need to be carefully resized before they can be sent. 

That’s easy to say now and everybody very much understands. A couple of years from now 
when you get some nutty canned message from the server “your message has been rejected 
for breaking the rules” …. not so easy to remember. Let’s hope the list server software has 
some better reject messages than that one :)

Bob



> On Dec 14, 2015, at 10:36 AM, Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Michael Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> I think that image feature is about the only wish for a lot of folks,
>> Ralph, and was clearly driving AB5S' query.
>> 
> 
> I'll second that, and add that it would be the simplest and least
> disruptive approach overall. Folks might have to resize a photo for
> posting, but could still send the higher resolution directly if needed.
> 
> I've had a Facebook account since 2007. Originally set it up for class
> reunions and similar truly social events. It's the perfect tool for that.
> Unfortunately for some, it's a lifestyle. You will get the few, the handful
> who live online and post endlessly about whatever comes to mind. And as
> Nick pointed out, good luck trying to find something once things after it
> gets buried by newer posts. I'm not aware of any way to search. It's a good
> tool when used as originally intended. Unfortunately it's morphed into more
> of a narcissist's playground in many respects. And while you can do some
> things to maintain some level of security, Facebook is constantly screwing
> with the site and changing things, requiring constant vigilance and
> attention on your part.
> 
> The Yahoo option is what many folks have used in recent years but IMO, it's
> one of the worst. You need to maintain a Yahoo email account, deal with the
> messy advertising footers, and Yahoo is one of the most-hacked providers
> online. I still get email from the Yahoo ARC-5 group but can't post or look
> at photos beyond the thumbnail because my email account died some time back
> (can't recall - 30 to 90 days without signing in).
> 
> The other alternative is to set up a forum using forum software. Here's a
> group that a friend and I run for amateur AM operation:
> 
> http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php
> 
> This is a nice way to go long-term, but it requires some expense(domain
> name, software, level of service, etc), and someone to set up, operate, and
> maintain it. Software needs updating from time to time, and aside from
> personal messages or (depending on the software) update alerts to threads
> you are watching, it does not get sent to your inbox. You have to go to it.
> More importantly, someone has to commit to doing the work.
> 
> Pretty sure the National reflector here on QTH opened up photo attachments
> in the last year or so. Have seen very few, but it seems to have worked
> fine. And it's easy enough to set up a Youtube account for videos, then
> post the link here.
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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