Australian Politics Forum - can't attach file

John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 76202 Gender:	can't attach file Jul 25^th, 2016 at 3:53pm The last few times I've tried attaching a photo or jpeg file, I've gotten this warning With this file speed_test.JPG (71534 KB) you exceeds the maximum allowed upload-directory volume. what gives? I'm even getting it when trying to attach jpegs I've put up dozens of times previously
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Redmond Neck Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 21852 ACT Gender:	Re: can't attach file Reply #1 - Jul 25^th, 2016 at 3:57pm Far too big shrink it
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 76202 Gender:	Re: can't attach file Reply #2 - Jul 25^th, 2016 at 4:03pm Redmond Neck wrote on Jul 25^th, 2016 at 3:57pm: Far too big shrink it can't be ... I've put the same ones up dozens of times with no problems
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 76202 Gender:	Re: can't attach file Reply #3 - Jul 25^th, 2016 at 4:17pm when I pull up the images on my hard drive they are showing as 19k ... it's only after I attach them that they somehow balloon to 71 000 kb
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Redmond Neck Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 21852 ACT Gender:	Re: can't attach file Reply #4 - Jul 25^th, 2016 at 4:42pm Unless we each have an upload directory and yours is full at 71000. Do you have dropbox ( folder in Desktop which copies automatically to cloud storage on the net) I usually save mine to dropbox public directory and right click on the file to copy the public link Then use [img ]public link[ /img]
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 76202 Gender:	Re: can't attach file Reply #5 - Jul 25^th, 2016 at 6:50pm apparently longie is having the same problem longweekend58 wrote on Jul 25^th, 2016 at 4:41pm: does anyone know why attempting to load a 28Kb image comes up with a message saying it is 71MB in size? http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?action=post;num=1469090004;virboard=;quot...
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49956 At my desk.	Re: can't attach file Reply #6 - Jul 26^th, 2016 at 5:53am .
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: can't attach file Reply #7 - Jul 26^th, 2016 at 7:31am Upload to Photobucket, and then use the resizer there before copying it to insert into your post.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 76202 Gender:	Re: can't attach file Reply #8 - Jul 26^th, 2016 at 8:29am test
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 76202 Gender:	Re: can't attach file Reply #9 - Jul 26^th, 2016 at 8:29am bravo ... you fixed it. Thanks
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Vic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8340 Melbourne Victoria Gender:	Re: can't attach file Reply #10 - Jul 28^th, 2016 at 7:34am I had the same problem John, looks like it is working now.
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Redmond Neck Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 21852 ACT Gender:	Re: can't attach file Reply #11 - Jul 28^th, 2016 at 9:14am This is a handy add on for Explorer that allows you to shrink images by right clicking on them. Resizing is done on your pC https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/
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Re: can't attach file
Reply #12 - Jul 28^th, 2016 at 9:16am

Redmond Neck wrote on Jul 28^th, 2016 at 9:14am:

This is a handy add on for Explorer that allows you to shrink images by right clicking on them. Resizing is done on your pC

https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7441126/FireShot%20Capture%2043%20-%20Image%...

Ha! I've had that installed for ages now. It's FREE and it works!

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