[Rhodes22-list] Quick reminder about attachments

[John Lock]

Hi folks,

I've seen quite a few bounces in the last couple weeks caused by 
attaching large files over the message size limit.  So here are a few 
reminders about attachments -

The largest message size that the list software will accept is 
approximately 3.5Mb.  This can vary upwards slightly, but there is no 
way to determine ahead of time how much headroom your attachment(s) 
will need.  That's why the limit is approximate.

Messages over that size limit will get rejected.  The size limit can 
be exceeded either by one large attachment or several smaller 
attachments that add up over the limit.

So, as you prepare to send photos or files to the list, always check 
the file size of the attachment(s) before sending.  If it's much 
larger than 3.5Mb (that's 3,500Kb), it's not going to make it.  If 
you are attaching several files, do some quick math to see what their 
total size adds up to.

General Tips -

1) Submitting photos right out of the camera is a bad idea.  They are 
usually too large to send and too large to view comfortably.  A good 
rule of thumb is to use your photo software to resize them to 1024 
pixels on the longest size and save them with 50% compression, or 
medium quality, or for web/email... whatever your software calls 
it.  Then attach that version.

2) Some e-mail software will let you set a warning limit if you 
attach something over a certain size.  If you set your limit to 
3.5Mb, you'll know before you send it that it's too big.

3) If you just don't want to fool with photos (or you have a lot of 
them), post them to one of the free photo sharing websites like:

http://www.snapfish.com
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.webshots.com/

... then post your gallery link to the list.

3) If there is no way to make your files smaller, you can try posting 
it through the forum interface at www.nabble.com.  This will create 
an e-mail to the Rhodes list with a link back to the file at 
nabble.com (rather than attaching it directly).  I'm sure nabble.com 
has its own size limit, but I don't know what it is; other than it's 
larger than the Rhodes mailing list limit.

So... I hope that's useful information.  If you need help preparing 
photos for e-mail delivery, several websites and software resources 
have been mentioned on the list.  A little poking around in the 
archives should pick those up.

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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