Dan Abel wrote:
>
> In article .net>,
> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
> > Dan Abel wrote:
> >
> > > In article >,
> > > sf > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:20:32 -0700, Arri London >
> > >> wrote:
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> > >> >my friends are LOL. I've been teaching them not to send me large,
> > >> >hi-res images...
> > >>
> > >> so they post them somewhere like picasa or tiny pic for you?
> > >
> > > In order to see a picture (or anything else) on your computer, you have to
> > > download it. It doesn't matter whether it's an Email attachment or a web
> > > page, it has to be downloaded over the connection. Of course, people
> >
> > There actually is a difference. If I get a link in email, I can follow it
> > at my leisure, tying up my dialup bandwidth when it's not needed for
> > something with higher priority to me. If I get a large attachment in
> > email, that ties up my dialup bandwidth then, even if I'm trying to do
> > Usenet or am trying to do research with my browser.
>
> You're right. Thanks for mentioning that.
>
>

Precisely. Links good; huge attachments bad!