[olug] 40K limit on images

[Justin Reiners]

How much disk do you use?

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Jon Larsen <jon at jonlarsen.us> wrote:

> Dan, your question on hosting the images on the website falls into the same
> realm of storage.  The website and the list are hosted on the same box.
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Jon Larsen <jon at jonlarsen.us> wrote:
>
> > The list is hosted on a linode vps, so disk is limited.  The concern is
> > storage of the list archives if we up the message limit.  While I
> wouldn't
> > mind upping the limit, it's ultimately up to Brian, who is billed for the
> > VPS.  There is a page for donations, but I don't know how many donations
> > OLUG has received (not my area), so I cannot answer any questions related
> > to that.  http://www.olug.org/donate/
> >
> > Jon L.
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On another mailing list I manage (lightly) we have raised the limit to
> >> 250K
> >> - well below the 1.5-2MB size that most smartphones capture, but
> >> sufficient
> >> if you need to attach a photo.
> >>
> >> One idea I floated by the host support line is automatically stripping
> the
> >> attachments, replacing them with a URL and hosting them on our website.
> >> That way we have control over how much we keep, plus people can feel
> free
> >> to attach lots of photos and the server only has to send the smaller URL
> >> enhanced email.  Since the list provider is separate from the website
> I'll
> >> probably have to write some glue code or create a directory for them to
> >> write into with a user/password combo or ssh keys (still working out the
> >> details).
> >>
> >> Is this something we can look into with the OLUG mailing list system?
> >>
> >> Just a thought...
> >> Dan
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > sorry!
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Jon Larsen <jon at jonlarsen.us> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Hi folks,
> >> > >
> >> > > Just a reminder that the OLUG list has a limit of 40K for messages.
> >> When
> >> > > you attach images, you're maxing out the message limit, which can
> >> delay
> >> > > your posts as I cannot always peruse each message waiting for
> approval
> >> > > every day.
> >> > >
> >> > > Maybe post a link to the image?
> >> > >
> >> > > Jon L.
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> >> >
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