Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Please, Post No Photos
From: "Gary D. Whalen" <whalen@whalentennis.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 11:27:45 -0500

Terry,
    That is what PRIVATE e-mail is for.

Larry Kopitnik wrote:

> A respectful request to those who have recently posted photos to the list:
> Please don't. The first posted yesterday turned the digest into a massive
> 101K document, with the posted photo turning into 28 screens worth of this:
>
> coKSQ1MVY3M08SUGFqKygwcmNcLSRJNUoxdkRVU2dGXi8rOEw9N14/NGlKSFtJXE1OT0pbXF1eX1
> VmZ2hpamtsbW5vYnN0dXZ3eHl6e3x//dAAQAMv/aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8A83Nrt0k6+KObw6HOMu8V
> VJka/JRJPCFKGmzr43UwxuyxgsYPHR39lys1dYxg4H0XbQdRu7f5qwGu7Jy4jQFNOOJZI5JB2M3r
> dloLK/0VX7gOv9p+m9Y1tpeYTOJlQIPKdGIGyjIk6rHRJLzSARWpK9gMu1VpuWwAaGVSA8E8nhIh
> IkRs3RlVx4GVM5lcarPS1KHCE8ZdD7XTHHxU257WuDqnurcOHNJBB8nNWYlJS4QjjL0uJ9a+o0QD
> aMgeFw3H/t1pZd/4ItzE+vGNc0V9Qxy9onmL2CfzRRfs2f8Ablq8/kqbbC3jlRywQPT7E+4XvrMP
> 6qdTJOORj3PEgVP9P3eJxclv6T+pj+mquT9Tbp/yfl1ZMmGstnHsM+V36H/wZcgzJfw7UeBWhidc
>
> The second posted photo was 32 screens of the same.
>
> Posting photos to a list such as this is generally considered improper
> etiquite. Because for many of us, that photo becomes a multi-screen
> problem. For some digest subscribers, it likely turned the
> LUG into too large a document to download. Please post photos to a web site
> instead, then direct us there with an appropriate URL. So that I can see
> them, too!
>
> Many thanks,
> Larry