I didn't think we were supposed to send images on this group.
Gary Eickmeier
well, it's USENET. there aren't any rules. and least no rule-enforcers.
-- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
And the message is text only, containing a URL linking to an image, so within the rules for text only groups.
It's the same principle as linking to a Soundcloud file...
Incidentally, some news servers do either strip binary attachments from posts or just delete posts with binaries before they get onto the server.
-- Tciao for Now! John.
No, it is not a link, it is a file sent along with his text message. I go to a lot of trouble to post pictures or audio to a web site somewhere because I should not send them in a message.
Gary
OK, for the quibblers out there it is both. Looks like he meant to send a link, then also attached a 160k .png file to the message.
Gary
As I said, some news servers strip attachments in text only groups. It appears that News Individual Net is one of them. I saw no attachment.
-- Tciao for Now! John.
Gary:
"There are no worse jails than those which we build for ourselves."
-Moi
I bet a nickel you're using Outlook, which displays the link as if it were a local file. This is specifically a function of your news client, other people do not see this.
--scott
-- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Does Outlook do news now? I eschewed it many years ago because it didn't, and Outlook Express which does is/ was not a good program for any purpose.
Ah, you need a plugin, which calls Outlook Express or Vista Livemail to read news.
I'll stick to Thunderbird for now.
-- Tciao for Now! John.
If a binary file attachment makes it through to a text-only Usenet newsgroup, it usually means the server they posted to is misconfigured to allow it.
Or, the newsgroup is misconfigured to allow binaries after all.
Google Groups neither lists post attachments, nor accepts them to post.
We have a winner! :-)
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931
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