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Shock:
Problem with 3rd party services for images in general is they come and go and delete content and break links or put pay walls up, it's a reoccurring theme over time. So on the forum as a whole, best to host files locally if at all possible and if bandwidth gets out of control use a caching service.

There are some downsides to self hosting images but all manageable. Hosting storage costs are also improving, most customers pay for storage they never use and that is sold on and on to other customers. So it's factored into the cost and a lot has changed since the dedicated disk days.

As much as I like stories, it's unlikely Dave would be held liable for content exchanged between two people in a private context. But you don't want to encourage file sharing, so it makes sense to limit that.

TerraHertz:

--- Quote from: Shock on July 04, 2020, 02:47:23 am ---Problem with 3rd party services for images in general is they come and go and delete content and break links or put pay walls up, it's a reoccurring theme over time.
--- End quote ---

So what? PMs are pretty much by definition one-read-only. If the recipient wants to save a file linked to in a PM, that's their job.


--- Quote --- it's unlikely Dave would be held liable for content exchanged between two people in a private context.
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You're completely failing to allow for hostile intent, the extremes of what some people might attach, and the Law's lack of a sense of humor and leniency.

So, you think PMs should allow attachments? Not going to happen. Use email or fileshare service, or nothing.

Shock:

--- Quote from: Shock on July 04, 2020, 02:47:23 am ---As much as I like stories, it's unlikely Dave would be held liable for content exchanged between two people in a private context. But you don't want to encourage file sharing, so it makes sense to limit that.
--- End quote ---

lostking2008:
Thanks for this info, I was wonders why I only had capacity for only 5 messages!

NiHaoMike:
What about have the attachments be emailed to the user? Then the storage issue is on the user side.

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