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Re: attachment policy
From: hellos
Date: 2006 Jun 2, 10:04 -0400
From: hellos
Date: 2006 Jun 2, 10:04 -0400
Zed, since HF modems just scream along at a typical 1200bps and a rare maximum near 3000bps (300 characters) you figure just how big an attachment can be sent in two minutes. Satphones might do 9600bps, HF won't. I'd rather get 10 emails than one small attachment--which is how they compare. I'd rather see things posted to a web site, where people can access them if they want them, instead of bloating an email list with them. Or echo the list to a webmail source, where people can post unlimited sizes, and have the feed available either way. Stripped and tight (here) or broadband-sized, there. For those on dial-up, 56k only exists in limited areas. 28k is still surprisingly common, even in some larger cities. > I was thinking of those on SatPhone or HF modem. That said, upper > limit of 2 minutes sounds good. >
