allow to upload .pdf and.jpg in forums?

andreasm1982 · Post by **andreasm1982** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:00 pm

Please allow upload of .pdf and .jpg files into forums. This would save time for reporting errors.
And this wouldn't waste memory on server, because compressing .pdf and .jpg doesn't save space. They are often compressed by itself.

Bhikkhu Pesala · Post by **Bhikkhu Pesala** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:50 pm

Yes please, and PNG files, which also don't benefit much from compression.

Knivez · Post by **Knivez** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:11 am

+1

I agree with the above posters.

Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:57 am

Vote NO to allowing upload pdf files without compression for two reasons:
1. PDF file may be not compressed or use poor compression. Anyway most PDF files will be compressed, more or less.
2. Without compression there is no file integrity control, so we have no chance to know was PDF file broken originally or not.

Post by **John - Tracker Supp** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:22 am

We insist all files are zipped for the reasons above and also :

1: If offensive material is uploaded - it is immeadiately served and viewable - a little over a year ago - we had a huge problem with this and it is sure to happen again some time !

2: If content containing malicious code is published as has happened in various formats - including PDF and some image formats it is immeadiatley served

3: Browser page formatting is thrown all over the place if large

4: Multiple files have to be downlaoded individually - rather than in one download

and more ...

so we will continue to require all attachments to be Zipped, RAR'd or 7z archived.