Members need an option in their profile to set a limit for attachment size, as Mark has added to the list. I would suggest three tiers; 50 Kb, 400 Kb and something around 5Mb, as well as unlimited (no filter).

Default would be the smallest and an introductory message to new members could explain their options.

Another thought just to throw out -

stripping an attachment and sticking it into a file or photo "folder"
and replacing it with a link in the email is one way to handle it, and
could be done for all attachments.

Upside - nobody's mail is brought to its knees

Downside - takes up group storage space

How about "calendar-reminder", "calendar-invite", and "calendar-notice"?
My though here is that the default ones should be overly specific, so as
not to conflict with hashtags the group itself might pick.

-- Shal

Ok, how about this: Event reminders always get the tag #reminder.
Event invites, if they're sent to the group, get the tag #event. And
when we support the option to send the event when it happens, that
also gets tagged #event.

And I'll make it so that tags in the event name are handled correctly
as well.

stripping an attachment and sticking it into a file or photo "folder"
and replacing it with a link in the email is one way to handle it, and
could be done for all attachments.

Upside - nobody's mail is brought to its knees

Downside - takes up group storage space

Changes to the site today:

• I replaced the lightbox dialog for viewing individual photos with a dedicated page. The page displays some EXIF data if the image has it, including camera make & model and various photographic parameters.

I have also been working on the ability to delete attachments, and it's unfortunately taking longer than I thought it would (one or two false starts).

Mark

Or another alternative is that I could just use some sort of
default hashtag for every #reminder.

A default hashtag for every reminder is probably a good thing; allowing a
member to explicitly Follow or Mute all reminders. But I'd still want the
ability to set specific hashtags for specific recurring events.

Diana, that a good idea except for the groups that approve files and photos. Then we have 'stuff' that we have no idea where it came from and we don't want it.

I also see a possible need for group owners to be able to resample
images down for some images coming in.

Would a link in an archived message be pointed to the replacement
image?

I like this option best, as it fits with the use of hashtags elsewhere

I could fix it up so that any hashtags entered in the Event Name
would be properly displayed and honored as hashtags.

An alternative is that I could provide a separate field for just
hashtags.

Or another alternative is that I could just use some sort of
default hashtag for every #reminder.

And then there would be the inevitable BUT. I don't think list
owners would want members to be able to mute a recurring event that
has been set up to deliver reminder files and information like we've
been discussing on another thread.

2) Mute this hashtag

I tried adding a hashtag to the Name of a repeating event, but it didn't "take" - the hashtag did not get added to the group's hashtag list.

Were that limitation fixed that might be a way to do it, but it requires that the event author remember to provide a hashtag for the event. It also clutters up the formatting of the Reminder message's subject line and the headline in the reminder body. But those are all fixable, I think.

Is there an option to have a poll on the io groups? One of the groups I belonged to under Yahell had a monthly photo competition - so the poll option was needed for that.

Knyttwytch