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I agree with Kurt and Kirsten. Seeing the images with our own eyes instead of going by what people describe they see in text is much better for troubleshooting things. Of course it's also a good way to convey ideas with computer drawn diagrams, etc. I would welcome this change to the listserver if done safely.

John Oreopoulos
Staff Scientist
Spectral Applied Research Inc.
A Division of Andor Technology
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Canada
www.spectral.ca

On 2014-03-10, at 2:49 PM, Kirsten Miles wrote:

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> I think the benefits of including images,  should we be able to manage it
> safely,  could really expand the capacity for collaborative problem solving.
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> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Kurt Thorn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I think allowing attachments up to 200 kB would be useful to allow people
>> to post images. I'm don't think the added risk from allowing images on the
>> listserv is very large, given the number of emails I get sent to me with
>> images included and the number of web sites I visit with embedded images.
>> It's also easy to configure most mail readers to not automatically load
>> images, which would probably mitigate much of the risk.
>> 
>> I think in this case the benefits outweigh the risks.
>> 
>> Kurt
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>> On 3/10/2014 10:00 AM, Martin Wessendorf wrote:
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>>> Dear all--
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>>> Guy Cox and others have raised a good point about the List not allowing
>>> attachments.  In the past we prohibited attachments to avoid clogging
>>> e-mail accounts; when necessary, people have posted images on their own web
>>> sites or on a public site. Clogging e-mail accounts is less of an issue now
>>> with faster connection speeds; moreover, we could configure the List to
>>> allow only attachments that are smaller than, say, 100 kbytes. However,
>>> there is also the issue of viruses and trojans. Executable code apparently
>>> can be embedded in images, both in the metadata and in the image itself
>>> (--see https://threatpost.com/png-image-metadata-leading-to-
>>> iframe-injections/104047 ).
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>>> I doubt that any member of the List would knowingly post an infected
>>> image, but it's unclear how serious a risk would remain. Are there
>>> security-savvy people out there who can offer advice?
>>> 
>>> Thanks--
>>> 
>>> Martin Wessendorf
>>> Confocal List Supervisor
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