RE: New home for list needed.
Dear Judy, That's manageable in two ways: 1. You make up a group policy that forbids attachments (images, documents, vCards and whatnot) to the messages. If someone wants to share files, they can upload it to their server or the Google/Yahoo group's file/photos section (as a new feature for those who don't have a hosting account - an advantage) and provide a link. Besides, both Google/Yahoo will check files (both attached - if allowed - and uploaded) for malicious content (viruses, trojan horses, keyloggers and other adware/malware), so you have the advantage of being better protected. Additionally, 2. Services like Google and Yahoo offer to block attachments to messages. (All the Yahoo groups I own - several - are set that way...) So you have a way to provide it other than a policy, it's enforceable... (We don't have that right now, remember people sending attachments to the list? Yahoo/Google has advantages / are better in that aspect.) Regards, Loris. -----Original Message----- From: Judy Seigel [mailto:jseigel@panix.com] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:56 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: New home for list needed. ... 2. I strongly disagree with the idea of so-called "upgrading" the next installment of the list... as with images, et al... That only complicates what has lived in part because of its simplicity. I don't want images sent to me willy nilly (I can't take them on Panix anyway), nor do others who have limited band width. Folks determined to show images can get onto a website or devise some other strategy, and I am profoundly grateful to those who do. BUT PULEEZE let that be voluntary, and elsewhere... Else instead of the joy it's been these years, "THE LIST" could get to be a chore and burden ("oy vey, I've been out of touch for 3 days & there are probably 10 million gazillion megabites on my computer", etc) ...
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