Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Attached files?

[MerlinSub@t-online.de (Carsten Standfuß)]

It takes to long - sometimes during a disscusion
we want to exchange now - not 1-2 days or 1-2 week later.. 

But okay a drawing database will - filled over the years 
- explain most of the questions.. 

Carsten


Lew Clayman schrieb:
> 
> Yes, exchanging drawings is "the way to go" even in the "native language" -
> even more here.  I couldn't agree more.  It's THE way.
> 
> But if you can post the thing on the web, what's the problem?
> 
> --- Carsten Standfuß <MerlinSub@t-online.de> wrote:
> > Lew - I don't agree - I sometime send very small
> > technical JPG black and white pictures to psubs show just a
> > hatch or something in this size - and get figures in the 50-60 Kb area.
> > if they are smaller all the details all lost.
> > One reason that some of the psubers went to yellow sub
> > design group for a short time was that there was the possibilty to
> > exchange
> > drawings - the language of technicans.
> >
> > Can you imagine how long it takes to describe a hatch lock device
> > in english in plain text - even if your native language is french,
> > italy, norway, german, spain, swedish, russian, china, japanese
> > or north-corean...-  .. a simple drawings shows more than thousand
> > words.
> >
> > Ray - a database on Psub for DXF/DWG technical cad files and a
> > link to volo view cad reader will maybe another way.. Somebody can
> > send you drawings - and however like can download them from the
> > database file ordner. There should be a mark that they use the
> > drawings at there own risk.. There should be also a small JPG
> > tumnail or description what the drawing contains.
> >
> > The rest of the side is great - and I have an older computer..
> >
> > Carsten
> >
> >
> > Lew Clayman schrieb:
> > >
> > > Actually, Ray/Steve/others, even 40K attachments are a pretty generous
> > rule.
> > > I'm on several lists that ban attachments outright, for the reasons you
> > state
> > > and because they take so long to pull in on a slow connection when only
> > some of
> > > the list members will be interested in any given attachment.  Better, they
> > say,
> > > to send then privately as-requested or to post them up someplace where the
> > > interested can look at them.
> > >
> > > I'm not requesting a change, 40K seems to work ok so why mess with what
> > works?
> > > But there's no reason IMHO to raise the limit as there are alternatives
> > with
> > > most of the gain and little of the pain.
> > >
> > > -L
> > >
> > > --- Ray Keefer <Ray.Keefer@Sun.COM> wrote:
> > > > Hi Steve,
> > > >
> > > > You can attach files. The only problem is that the total size of the
> > email,
> > > > including any attachements, has to be under 40kB.
> > > >
> > > > This limit was set as a precaution for our ISP. If someone sent
> > > > a 2MB file to personal_submersibles@psubs.org it would be replicated
> > > > over 200 times as it got forwarded to every listserver member.
> > > > Very easy for a spammer to shut down the PSUBS server.
> > > >
> > > > Some ways around this is you can send it to me (ray@psubs.org).
> > > > Then I'll put up on the web site. Except for this month I am not updating
> > > > the web site.
> > > >
> > > > Another option is to state what you have and interested parties contact
> > you
> > > > personally. Then you can email it directly to them.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Ray
> > > >