[Tools-discuss] Re: Be careful when sending images to the list

[Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]>]

In Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 8:55 AM Robert Sparks <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Mostly its in the time it takes to hand the larger message off to each
> recipients next MTA and the bandwidth that consumes. This competes with
> other traffic to other lists.
>

I thought we were using SES, in which case isn't it Amazon's bandwidth?
Surely they have plenty.

-Ekr


> Until recently it also competed with handling web services requests, but
> we’ve (almost) separated those concerns.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 26, 2024, at 6:27 AM, Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 10:44 AM Robert Sparks <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
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>> All -
>>
>> When sending images, think about the size, and the cost of sending a
>> large thing back out to a large number of subscribers. If you need to
>> provide a large image, consider using a link one of the many websites
>> available for such things.
>>
>> When replying to a message with a large image, consider trimming the
>> image from the reply.
>>
>> Please don't read this as saying "don't send images" - they can be very
>> useful, especially on this list. The point is to think about the best
>> way to get the images to the list recipients.
>>
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> Can you provide some sense of the incremental cost to the IETF here? I'm
> trying to understand whether it's material.
>
> -Ekr
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