GDI+ Exception when saving images at server side

[mrirvies]

Hi,

I am trying to host an ASP .NET site with 1&1 and create dynamic image gelleries that create their own thumbnails on the fly.

My application use GDI to resize images in /Images and attempts to 'Bitmap.save()' the smaller versions in /Thumbs.

I can replicate the error on my IIS localHost by removing write permissions from /Thumbs for ASP .NET account on my machine. Am I right in thinkng that 1&1 will not allow my application save files :-((

Seems a tad restrictive in my own webspace.

[mrirvies]

If I an NOT allowed to physically save files on the server could I use System.IO.MemoryStream() and some how return a 'virtual' URL for displaying the thumbnails.

Perhaps the experts here know of a better way ?

Thanks

Paul