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   Message 29,268 of 30,566   
   Paul to Alan K.   
   Re: HDD Woes   
   29 Sep 25 21:45:14   
   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 9/29/2025 4:03 PM, Alan K. wrote:   
   > On 9/27/25 1:16 PM, Jim wrote:   
   >   
   >> P.S.  My post failed (probably because of the attachment).  Someone   
   >> please remind me where to put pictures and how to link to to them.   
   >   
   > https://postimages.org/ is free, just takes a login.   
   >   
      
   It works without an account.   
      
   It was partially non-functional earlier today (half way through   
   analyzing your uploaded picture, it stopped dead).   
      
   Don't put any Disney characters or Mickey Mouse in your   
   pictures, as it has a Hollywood-style filter for content   
   analysis. I think that was a more recent addition to the site.   
      
   The site uses $30,000 for bandwidth per month, to give you   
   some idea how busy the site is. This was noted on a text prompt   
   that appeared on the web page for a while. the impression left,   
   was that the owner of the postimage, had rented server space   
   and the server happened to come with "unlimited bandwidth". That is,   
   until the owner of the COLO discovered just how much bandwidth   
   the web site was using, and postimage got slapped with a big bill   
   (even though the rental had "unlimited" bandwidth). There was some   
   mild disagreement between the two parties about what was   
   reasonable network usage.   
      
   For the recipients of the pictures, there is a "Download Original"   
   button at the top of the visited web page, allowing you to get   
   the full-resolution version of the image.   
      
      Paul   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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