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From: peter@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Peter Schroeder)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: A question of Netiquette
Summary: make them available via ftp
Message-ID: <885@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 25 Oct 89 13:14:42 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Peter Schroeder)
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In article <8975@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM>
rbq@iforgetmyname.LBP.HARRIS.COM (Robert Quattlebaum) writes:
>A few weeks ago someone posted uuencoded GIF pictures in this newsgroup. I
>was pleasantly surprised. My question is this: Is it OK to post GIF files
>to this newsgroup.
>
>I, personally, would like to see more of these files posted. I have a few
>that I could post myself. I wouldn't, however, want to violate the will of
>the group.
>
>		gatech!galbp!iforgetmyname.LBP.HARRIS.COM!rbq

First of all thanks for asking!

I personally don't think this is the right forum for posting image files,
although of course this has to be a democratic decision. My main concern
is with those people who get their usenet feed via a telephone line.
I can be very costly to get these large files just to throw them away
if you are not interested. I think of comp.graphics as a forum for asking
graphics related questions and discussion. Short things, which are of interest
to the community at large.

If you do have some really, really cool pictures that you think the world
should be able to see, why don't you make them available for anon ftp?
Now some people don't have ftp access but that could be handled by those
people sending you a note that they are interested in your pictures and you
could respond with mail directly to them. If this is too much of a bother to
you, you should consider your pictures not that important after all (no insult
intended!).

(Rolf, what do you think?)

Peter
peter@media-lab.media.mit.edu