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Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 5:28 PM
To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: [aroid-l] images on Aroid-l
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To:
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [aroid-l] images on Aroid-l
GOOD advice re: the attachments/virus problem! Just a week or so ago
someone posted an attachment to the bulbous aroids web list that we STRONGLY
suspected was a virus, I like the aroid-l list where we have the option to
send photos to Les Kallus to be checked, and if found to be 'clean', these
are posted where they may be accessed by aroid-l users.
Keep up the good advice, Leo!!!
Julius
WPB,
Florida.
>>I would vote for no attachments, but perhaps an area where attachments
screened for viruses could be posted.
Attachments spread viruses. Those of you unfortunate enough to be using some
flavor of Outlook are at high risk. Remember that free is not always the
best option with an E-mail program.
People outside the US usually have to pay for online connection time by the
minute. Photos are expensive to download.
Photos are not necessarily of interest to all. I'm interested in the stinky
aroids but think anthuriums are as interesting as dandelions, bowling, or
rap music. Others don't share my opinions. I know it's hard for y'all to
believe we don't want to see ALL your photos but it's true.
The cycad list (on Yahoo Groups) permits attachments and almost every week
viruses are spread through the list. Some unwary list members have had awful
problems. I haven't been troubled by them because I get the digest version
of cycads, which comes with no attachments. Plus I don't use Outlook, "the
hacker's path to your hard disk"(tm).
cacti_etc does not permit attachments and there is no space for posting them
on the Agilent server. People who wish to post photos always seem to find a
way to do so someplace, then post the URL in a message to cacti_etc.
Yahoo groups, a barely serviceable but wretched list service (get ready for
oceans of spam with Yahoo), allows each list a file area. People upload the
file, then compose the message with a statement about the file in question.
Leo
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Leo A. Martin
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Like cactus and succulents?
Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society
http://www.centralarizonacactus.org
Alan Galloway wrote:
>
> My fingers got to happy a few moments ago with the Delete
> key and I deleted a message I wanted to reply to. Hence this
> isn't a reply, as it should have been.
>
> Someone asked if the new Aroid-l would handle pictures......
>
> This new listserv certainly has the ability to handle pictures as
> well as many, many other options. Because the Mobot server
> had been down for a few days longer than expected, we hurriedly
> switched the list over to the NCSU server. This was done
> much sooner than we had planned. The moderators have been
> testing a number of options to find out it they should be incorporated
> into the new listserv.
>
> As of right now, we are just trying to make the new listserv look like the
> old listserv. As time permits we will continue with further testing of
> new options.
>
> There are a number of things we have to take into consideration when
> it comes to allowing pictures to be posted to the list,
> including such things as (but not limited to):
> - viruses can easily be transmitted within images
> - everyone doesn't have fast access to download large images
> - what standard format should be set
> - the amount of space required to archive messages with pictures
> in them.
>
> We will continue to improve the service of the Aroid-l mailing list as
> well as implement as many new features as 'reasonably' possible.
>
> Alan
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