Shucks... I was the one who's message got bounced... and probably the
first to wonder how Dave pulled it off!

And, Dave... that's the slickest installation I've seen on tankage.
VERY professional!

Jack Webb
FreeNavCharts.com

On Dec 8, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Cindy Ballreich wrote:

> Hi folks!
>
> About a week ago someone's email bounced because of an attached
> image. Today, Dave successfully sent an email with several attached
> images! Why did this happen?
>
> The baba list config limits message postings to a maximum size of
> 500000 characters. This includes the text of the message, all
> quoted text, and all headers. Since this group tends to quote
> pretty liberally, I've found that this limit is high enough for
> most messages. However, it's NOT high enough for most images.
> Postings that are above this size limit will be bounced to me by
> the software and won't go to the list.
>
> So why did Dave's images get through? First of all, Dave trimmed
> most the text out of his email - no quotes at all! Secondly, he
> used very compressed images. I didn't check, but I believe the
> entire message came in just under the size limit.
>
> Are attachments a good idea? Probably not. Even though the list
> accepted this one as a reasonable message size, some users have
> limits on the size of messages they can receive that are lower than
> the list limits and they won't get this email. A better idea is to
> put images or files on a web site and link to them in your email.
> If you don't have access to a web site, you can send the files to
> me and I'll put them on the ballreich.net web site and send you a
> url that you can include in your email. I know this dampens the
> spontaneity of the moment, but it will make it easier for everyone
> to read the message.
>
> Is Cindy going to be a list Nazi and crack down on attachments? No.
> I just want to make sure that everyone knows what's going on and
> what the potential problems (for themselves and others) may be.
>
> I hope this is helpful in some small way.
>
> Cindy
>
> --
> Cindy Ballreich
> S/V Mandisa
> Baba 30 #218
>
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