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Attachments and managing your upload allowance, Be careful when sending PMs with attachments!
andy_foster
post Fri, 27 Apr 2007 - 00:00
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Members are able to attach files (images/etc) to their posts and Private Messages (PMs).

Each Member has an upload allowance, and once this is exceeded cannot make any more attachments until they've freed up some space by deleting old attachments. You can manage your attachments to posts using My Controls->Options->Manage Your Attachments.

What is not so obvious is that PMs you send, including their attachments, also count against your upload quota. However attachments to PMs don't show up under Manage Your Attachments, although the amount of space they're taking up is shown. If you delete the PM from your Sent folder this still doesn't free up the space, as the system keeps the attachment so that the recipient(s) of your PM can still see it. The attachment is only deleted, and your quota freed up, when both you and all recipients have deleted the PM (or archived it to a PC).

Because of the way the system works you should therefore think carefully before sending PMs with attachments - you're relying on the recipients to delete the PM when they've finished with it, otherwise you're permanently committing some of your upload allowance! If you need to send a PM with an attachment then you should make it as small as possible, and ask the recipient to delete the PM when they've finished reading it (or archive the PM to their PC). ...


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post Fri, 30 Nov 2012 - 12:55
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QUOTE (andy_foster @ Fri, 27 Apr 2007 - 00:00) *
Members are able to attach files (images/etc) to their posts and Private Messages (PMs).

Each Member has an upload allowance, and once this is exceeded cannot make any more attachments until they've freed up some space by deleting old attachments. You can manage your attachments to posts using My Controls->Options->Manage Your Attachments.

What is not so obvious is that PMs you send, including their attachments, also count against your upload quota. However attachments to PMs don't show up under Manage Your Attachments, although the amount of space they're taking up is shown. If you delete the PM from your Sent folder this still doesn't free up the space, as the system keeps the attachment so that the recipient(s) of your PM can still see it. The attachment is only deleted, and your quota freed up, when both you and all recipients have deleted the PM (or archived it to a PC).

Because of the way the system works you should therefore think carefully before sending PMs with attachments - you're relying on the recipients to delete the PM when they've finished with it, otherwise you're permanently committing some of your upload allowance! If you need to send a PM with an attachment then you should make it as small as possible, and ask the recipient to delete the PM when they've finished reading it (or archive the PM to their PC). ...


I have followed your instructions it says that I have used 0 bytes but I am unable to upload anymore for some reason :S
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post Mon, 30 Jan 2017 - 15:02
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hello,

I can't get my photo to upload. it is 1.5mb and I have an allowance of 1.95mb so it should be ok. it is jpeg. any ideas?

thanks
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post Mon, 30 Jan 2017 - 16:31
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QUOTE (123098 @ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 - 15:02) *
hello,

I can't get my photo to upload. it is 1.5mb and I have an allowance of 1.95mb so it should be ok. it is jpeg. any ideas?

thanks


If you are trying to upload a picture within a post do not use the attachment facilty to do so. Us an external imaging host such as Photobucket ,TinyPic or similar .These programmes will produce links which start and end with [IMG] copy these and paste them in to your post and the images will appear as if by magic .
I believe there is a sticky giving fuller advice on this procedure .

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