Modern Vespa

Srry, y hv rchd yr mxmm pld Qt Lmt f 40 MB
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n dd mssg, whr ds t sy thr s lmt? :cry:

It means that you have uploaded so many pictures and/or documents as attachments, that you have no space left. Proabably.

You were expecting that maybe I would just let everyone upload until the server was full?

Maybe your upload limit is full of XXXXXXs?

Let's see, Eric: you've posted this exact complaint in, what, five different places? Four replies (spread around among different topics) and started a topic of its own?

Uhhh... this is now spam. You can stop it -- now -- or I can stop you from posting again.

I was wrong. You posted it in six places. Six places!

This meets my definition of obnoxious.

Rating System Abuse (Post 738810)

Who out there has a Giallo colored scooter (Post 738808)

Cant afford GTS (Post 738805)

KICKED MY LID!!!! (Post 738804)

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Sorry, you have reached your maximum Upload Quota (Post 738799)

Ass hat says what?

You have to keep an eye on Yardsale, he like to attach stuff.

Really Yardsale, I don't give you thumbs down (normally), but what's with this?
You know how to start a new topic.
Posting it in non-related topics is just rude.
Have you no patience?


Harvey

just to ask ahead of time...if I were to reach this limit, do just go back through my old posts and delete the photos I uploaded?

Weird.

A bit much I have to agree. It is pretty much self explanatory.

One word:

photobucket

That'll work.

...to his scooter

+5000 for Photobucket, it's eeeeeeasy

Hmm. I wonder.

Yardsale does seem to attach a whole load of stuff, inculding chairs, to his scooter. I haven't really seen that many post attachments from him though, apart from that pic of the yellow GTS with the red Yardsale logo. I just wonder how many times that same image has been uploaded as a unique image, instead of hot-linking it from another post....

Just thinking out loud. Ignore me....

That depends. First, 40mb at the maximum picture size of 200k is around 200 pictures. Sized more reasonably by nearly any photo sizing utility in existence, that doubles to around 400 pictures. So it's not really likely that you'll hit that limit. I've actually moved the limit up from 5mb to 10mb to 20mb to 40mb over the years in order to accommodate everyone's attachment needs.

The few people who have bumped into the limit over the years were generally using the attachment space for something good, like uploading a picture to illustrate a technical point, or even to show something that fell off their bike. These are all things I would consider for the greater good. If I felt like, on the whole, you were using the attachment space for something that benefitted the community, even in a small way, I would almost certainly grant you special dispensation to exceed the limit.

For us Mac users, here is a free program that works great to resize and adjust photos.


http://seashore.sourceforge.net/screenshot.php

Repeating from one of the other threads: But maybe you cannot yet use such a service...
Should you need help figuring out how to "hot link" pictures,
please do PM me

Yup. 500MB free.

Bingo.

click the button labeled 'img' and enter the web address of the picture in question

[img] Some URL to an image that is hosted on a free service like Flickr or Photobucket [/img]

Problem solved.

It's even easier than that on Photobucket. Just hover over the pic and a box will appear below it. Like this:



Move your cursor over the one that says IMG Code and click on it. The text will then be highlighted. Just copy and paste that into your post and you're done.

I didn't know photobucket did that, that sure is convenient. Thanks for the tip Danny.

Is there a simple way to remove older pictures to reclaim server space? Maybe this answer is on the FAQ page...

From the thread OK that was weird.

Yardsale is known to attach totally unrelated picures, often to totally off-topic messages. On other forums, such members are called picture whores.

I don't open threads that don't interest me. It annoys me to have to look at large picures of his latest boyfriend in a totaly unrelated thread, and I think I am not alone. There must be a reason for his karma.

Please don't give him any more tips on how to post even more junk. He might actually get it (the tip, not the hint, I'm afraid).

You're probably talking a whole load of sense here Arno.

Thanks! That's what I was looking for. I did try the FAQ page, not there

Just a reminder that the reason for the attachment function is to stop broken links. Don't delete any attachments unnecessarily!

Right. In general, I'd much rather up your quota than have you delete old images, especially if those images are useful to someone.

Thanks for clarifying the situation
I was fairly mystified as to how exactly he was irritating folks

But, ummmm... perhaps there's a bit too much information in the rest of your post?

I was writing about my feelings here, and, ummm, perhaps there's a bit too much information in some of his images, and they are in the wrong threads?

For the handful of folks that might not know... if you go to your own profile while logged in, it tells you how much upload space you have left for the forum.

Edited bashing: due to post below.

Judy, when you're right, you're right.

YardSale, I expressed myself in a previous post, no need to hammer the point, sorry.




Harvey

My .02 Yardsales pics are harmless and people don't have to look at them. There is a person on here who continually posts perverted pics and i don't see people bashing him. Can't we all play nice and if you have a beef with somebody take it off line rather than bashing them online so everyone can get in on the action. Worse than grade school. Everyone posts pics that aren't scooter related.

Naturally, when you read a thread, you are interested in that topic, so you look at posts in it. Now it is already too late to realize that you stepped in poop. That's all.

So, how do you suggest one knows beforehand what not to read or look at? Wait. What not to read is fairly easy: look at the sender first
But how do you "not look" at a screen-size picture that comes up in a thread you follow?

I did think long and hard about providing that info, but finally decided I shouldn't let my personal frustrations with the individual's postings - and believe me, I've been plenty frustrated - prevent me from offering useful information about the problem at hand. And I thought others might find the information of benefit.

Of course that was before I discovered he'd posted the same message in six other places.

+1

You could always just use gif's,
They are way smaller than jpeg's and look the same.

Convert them with GraphicConverter on a Mac
Or Irfanview on a Winbox machine.