gifs on diy

[Fraser, Colin J]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haible Juergen [mailto:Juergen.Haible at nbgm.siemens.de]
> Sent: 07 January 1999 12:09
> To: DIY
> Subject: gifs on diy
> 
> I have seen several pictures posted to the entire list recently.
> This used to be unwanted in the past, because it costs bandwidth
> for *everyone* who is subscribed, not only the ones particularly 
> interested in the pictures.
> 
> OTAH, I would rather have sent one or the other little image 
> myself, rather than making long verbal descriptions, but I
> didn't so far, because of the "rules".
> 
> Now speed and bandwidth surely have improoved meanwhile,
> so it would make sense to loosen the rules a little. 
> So I don't want this to be a "don't post pictures" post. But we
> should find a general rule about pictures, IMO. At least a size
> limit. 

I only use e-mail at work, where we have plenty bandwidth, so I don't mind
small files at all. *But* if it is seen as normal to send files to the list,
someone who doesn't understand how big a file is may piss a lot of people
off by sending a huge file to a list - I know a guy who sent a 1.6Meg bitmap
to another list, and he wasn't very popular.

I would say if a file is less than 100k it would be OK for most people - but
what if someone mistakes M for k ?

Colin f