[WWI] Attaching pix to posts (was: New models postes)

[Jim Landon]

Hi Allan, 
 
Allan said: <<We don't have a rule per-se. The list population did eventually agree that uploading your pics to a hosting site (like shutterbug, etc) and posting that link in your mail was preferable to attachments.>>
 
I missed that discussion but I am in violent agreement with that policy. I have done it that way many times, just didn't know what to do about photos that weren't yet hosted here or anywhere on the web.
 
I'll look into "shutterbug". I've heard of something called "photo bucket".
 
Jim
 
 
I left it> at that and I just turn the other cheek if someone posts the occasional> photo, as long as it's just the odd single photo. If someone starts> getting into the habit of posting photos I just send them a personal> e-mail asking them to use the upload/link method.> > Mostly what this policy is trying to avoid is having the list become a> 'look what I did last night' photo blog. We like it the way it is - as> mostly discussion. > > Hope that clears up the fog on that point.
> From: aew at unh.edu> To: wwi at wwi-models.org> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:54:47 -0400> Subject: Re: [WWI] New models postes> > > On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 21:32 +0000, Jim Landon wrote:> > Allan said: << For some reason my e-mail about these didn't get to the> > list. >>> > > > For some reason some of my posts were getting rejected today too. Not> > just disappeared - actually got a notice "Message rejected by filter> > rule match".> > Yes, this was probably a bad side-effect of my efforts to reduce the> 'imposter spam' we've been getting. I removed the filter I added as it> was killing some good list mail too.> > > By the way, what is the site rule for attaching pix to posts? Years> > ago you couldn't do it, as I recall. Then in recent years I've seen an> > occaisional photo attached, so I tried it today because I wanted to> > illustrate something we'd been discusssing (turnbuckles).> > We don't have a rule per-se. The list population did eventually agree> that uploading your pics to a hosting site (like shutterbug, etc) and> posting that link in your mail was preferable to attachments. I left it> at that and I just turn the other cheek if someone posts the occasional> photo, as long as it's just the odd single photo. If someone starts> getting into the habit of posting photos I just send them a personal> e-mail asking them to use the upload/link method.> > Mostly what this policy is trying to avoid is having the list become a> 'look what I did last night' photo blog. We like it the way it is - as> mostly discussion. > > Hope that clears up the fog on that point.> Allan> 
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