On Fri, 09 Feb 2018 21:32:03 -0500, Mike Horvath wrote:

> On 2/9/2018 6:44 AM, clipka wrote:
>> Am 09.02.2018 um 01:59 schrieb Mike Horvath:
>>> Can I upload large images to the POV-Ray newsgroup? I created one that
>>> is more than 25MB that I would like to upload.
>> 
>> Please don't, and rather store it on some website and link there. Or
>> try JPEG with a high compression (low quality) setting to crank down on
>> the file size.
>> 
>> Overly large attachments make posts a pain to view in newsreaders like
>> Thunderbird, and presumably also the web interface.
>> 
>> 
> Okay, I won't. But Thunderbird is less of a PITA than Flickr when it
> comes to images larger than your monitor. In Thunderbird you just click
> on the attachment link and open it with whatever program is associated
> with the image type. (I use the excellent XnView.) On Flickr you have to
> be aware of the download menu, then select the file you want to
> download, then save the file to disk and open it manually.
> 
> 
> Mike

Not everyone reading the group uses Thunderbird.  Even with a 150 Mbps 
connection, I'd be looking sideways at a large image download.

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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