[olug] 40K limit on images

[Jon Larsen]

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/xvda        48G  6.2G   39G  14% /

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
wrote:

> 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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