Dear Fabrizio. 1) I would be happy if you or other members created such a dropbox to allow people to post images, linking to them in their Rietveld posts. The main problem with images is simply that they are not archived on http://www.mail-archive.com/rietveld_l@ill.fr/ so are not available for future reference.
2) But apparently not everyone thinks their images need be archived - you yourself propose they be deleted after one month. In that case, I propose that since we already made an exception for Jim, as a test, we allow such people to post small images (<75 kbyte) directly to the Rietveld mailing list. They will not be archived, and I personally think that reduces the interest of the archive, but I concede that other people have a different opinion. Vive la difference ! Alan On 15 July 2015 at 08:12, Fabrizio Guzzetta <fabrizio.guzze...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have seen, in the past, that the argument of attachments in the > mails/reply is always under debate and I understand both parties, the one > that is pro-attachments because we are "visual" in the senwe that an image > can explain better than tons of words sometimes or for particularly > difficult patterns to visualize, particular problems which can't be > resolved with proper data posting and so on, and the other one which has > designed the mailing list this way, probably to avoid scams/viruses/etc... > > So I want to make my proposal: why don't we create a virtual space in the > clouds (e.g. dropbox), shared between the Rietvelders/crystallographers > where the attachments will be put according to specific arguments (and > date), and moderated in turn by few rietvelders (who can and want to do > this, nothing is imposed) to erase data every month (or so) old data > previous an email remainding when old data will be deleted? This will also > eliminate or reduce the needs for hyperlinks. > > I hope not to be crucified and especial y I ask Alan (who created this > list) an opinion on that. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Please do NOT attach files to the whole list <alan.he...@neutronoptics.com > > > Send commands to <lists...@ill.fr> eg: HELP as the subject with no body > text > The Rietveld_L list archive is on > http://www.mail-archive.com/rietveld_l@ill.fr/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > -- ______________________________________________ * Dr Alan Hewat, NeutronOptics, Grenoble, FRANCE * <alan.he...@neutronoptics.com> +33.476.98.41.68 http://www.NeutronOptics.com/hewat ______________________________________________
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