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On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:43:09 +0100 Simon Avery <digdilem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've seen Gordon's reply and I actually have some sympathy with it, > despite also sympathising with the "properness" of having somebody > resize images before sending. The reality is that most users can't or > don't want to be bothered with doing that. (Although if you really > want to follow that train of thought, this is about as simple as it > gets for Windows; https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/ ) > > I would suggest something like dropbox or gdrive where files are > uploaded in the background, and things like images are automatically > thumbnailed and scaled by the magical backend, but still allowing you > to download fullsize should you so wish. She can just drag them in > there and send you a link to the folder, leaving the tools to do > their job in the background. > > Thanks, another good idea and something I have been considering for a while. This would also give her some good backupstoo. I did use Dropbox once, but I now have settled on Spideroak, Main advantage is that files are encrypted on my hard drive before being transferred, Dropbox does not do that. But that is another topic. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq