Hear hear! On top of that, I look at my emails as plain text (so I can see
where links go, much more secure). This means that I don't see that there is
supposed to be a picture unless I convert the message back to HTML.
Cheers,
Robbie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Edward
> Berry
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2021 17:17
> To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [ccp4bb] pictures in emails
>
> Two suggestions for people sending pictures of electron density to the BB:
>
> 1. Reduce the size of the pictures-
> The two pictures in yesterday's email appear nice and small in my email
> client, but still illustrate what is being described. However they are
> actually
> 4032x3024 and 2040x1458 pixels, making for rather large emails. All that
> extra resolution is wasted unless the user opens the image directly ("view
> image"), and in any case is completely unnecessary for the point being made.
> I think about 600x600 pixels is plenty for almost anything you want to show
> in electron density.
> This does not require manipulation in photoshop or such- just reduce the
> size of the graphics window and take a screenshot of that window.
>
> 2. send the picture as an attachment rather than inline. That way it won't be
> included in all the replies. Or if the people replying could find some way to
> exclude pictures or formt the reply as plain-text, that would help.
>
> (No, I'm not receiving these emails via 1200 baud modem- but I like to save
> the messages for future reference. If the trend continues toward high-
> resolution inline screenshots, that will take a significant amount of disk
> space. And yes, I know there is an archive.)
> eab
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