[Rhodes22-list] Allowable Attachments to the List

[Michael D. Weisner]

Thank you Peter for pinch hitting when I try to take a few days off from the list. The size limit on attachments is 12mb, now.  When I took over management of da list, I think it was still around 5mb. There are still email servers that choke on attachments over 8mb, as hard as that is to believe.

I just checked if PowerPoint (pptx) files are passed to the list. They are removed without ceremony. Neither the poster or the admin (me) receives any notification of their disposition. I believe that they were never added to the permitted attachments list. I am not sure that we need them since a pdf of the ppt is generally accepted.

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY



-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Peter Nyberg
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2020 9:31 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Allowable Attachments to the List

I’m surprised Mike hasn’t piped up on this, but my recollection is that the software that manages the list has been configured to only allow a small number of files types.  The file types are identified by the file name extension (e.g. ‘.jpg’).  Allowable extensions include basically those associated with images (so Roger’s ‘.png’ screen shot came through).  Some years ago the ‘.pdf’ extension was added to the allowable list.  

>From the group mailing list home page: " You may include certain attachments to your messages. Most image files and plain text files will be accepted as well as PDF files. Other file types will be stripped out of the message before posting. Maximum message size is about 3.5Mb (+/-). That can be one big attachment or several smaller ones."

These restrictions reflect the state of technology at the time the list was created.  My only purpose for this post is to make people aware, so they will be less likely to be surprised by the limitations.

Thank you Mike, for all you do to keep the list running.

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016}

> On May 23, 2020, at 7:03 PM, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Mary Lou Troy told me my PowerPoint topo map got stripped off for the list.  Perhaps the file size is too big.  So, here is a screen shot of the topo map image.  Hopefully, the list will allow this image.  This should make the previous post more understandable.
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium