Thanks Herb for the info :)
well appreciated!
Take care :)
Stitchy
Herb:
> Stitchy wrote:
>
>> Hi Squirrel,
>>
>> I believe we are NOT allowed to post links to a site outside of
here,
>
> Where did you ever get THAT idea?
>
> For example, here's a commonly posted link:
> http://www.annthegran.com/FreeDesigns.aspx
>
> You can certainly post links here - particularly to file sharing sites
> such as rapidshare, sendspace, etc. Posting a link certainly makes
> more sense than attaching material that's readily available on a
website.
>
> The potential problems, however are:
>
> If the material posted is pirated, posting the link here advertises
> the fact, and the owners can and do have the material deleted from the
> file sharing site.
>
> Further, when you UPload to such a site, the site has a record of your
> IP address, and you can then be traced.
>
> So yes, you can certainly post links here and in other newsgroups, and
> it's often done (particularly non-binaries groups). But like
> everything else, some caution is advisable.
>
> - Herb
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