hmmm - so even though i provided the article, fully credited and intact, it's uncool? that's sort of odd, i think, especially since they provide an "email this article" feature...but i agree, better safe than sorry, for list moms! the main reason i posted it was because i knew most of our members wouldn't be able to figure out how to view it otherwise, because NYT requires a basic sign-in to occur. -- peter On Mar 11, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Loran Hughes wrote: > Folks, > > Just a couple of notes from the list-meister. > > Respect copyrights: Please do not post articles from newspapers, > magazines, etc. It is a violation of copyright law. Remember, not > only does the post land in your email, it also is automagically > loaded up on the internet in our public archive. The proper way to > relay the article is to simply provide the link back to the > original source (Fair Use also allows you to quote a small portion > of the text if you wish). I'm not a big fan of receiving nasty > letters from corporate lawyers ;) > > Photo attachments: At this time, you can't post photo attachments > on the list. I have filters that intercept posts containing > attachments of any type (although a photo post snuck through a > while back). Photo attachments mess with the digest version of the > list and make life miserable for our dial-up users. Even though > each post is scanned for viruses, it provides an extra level of > protection to simply ban all attachments. There are plenty of free > photo upload sites - use 'em for your photos and reference the link > in your email. > > Repository update: Yes, I'm still working on it. Recent family > matters put me behind the eight-ball (everything's fine), but I'll > be back on it this week! > > Loran > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org