They looked huge in my EMail client; scrolled endlessly to get past them to the next message. But if Robin sez they're okay, then okay.
路路路
At 10:37 AM 03/14/2001, Bob wrote:
At 04:30 PM 3/13/2001 -0800, Robin wrote:
> >
> > Bob, man, please *DON'T* post freaking huge binaries to any email
> > list! There are people out there who pay per-second fees for their
> > telephone lines, let alone their ISP accounts, and you just cost them a
>bundle!
>
>They weren't that big, only about 25K total. I've got the list set to block
>freaking huge messages, regardless of content.
>
> > You want to share a binary, I suggest you put it on a website, and post
>the
> > web address. Then anyone that wants it can go out and get it on their
>own,
> > without inconveniencing everyone on the list.
>
>Always a good idea, but for itty-bitty stuff I don't see the problem of
>attaching them to an email. Just think of it as five messages instead of
>one with 4 small attachments, after all each picture is worth a thousand
>words, which depending on your platform could be 2-8 bytes each! <wink>It was a judgement call. I thought they were small enough not to be a
problem. But, the point is well taken.
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