Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???
What's the accepted method of sending a file to a person that MUST not
get into unfriendly hands, but needs to get between users that have no
access to the other's machine, due to dynamic PPP and hostile ISPs, then?
This method should be as easy and as transportable as POPmail, not
involve other servers in any way save routing, be able to be used
internationally, and ensure delivery to only the intended person. Give
up? Well so do I. Solve this problem before you beef about how large
attachments to email is evil.
On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Gary Singleton wrote:
> --- Jiri Baum <jiri@baum.com.au> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Stefan Nobis:
> > > Do you get the point? To send emails bigger than
> > about 40-80KB without
> > > being asked to do so and without asking the
> > recipient is not very nice
> > > and i would call it an offence.
> >
> > Your point being?
> >
> > Everyone knows that you shouldn't in general send
> > files over about 50 KB
> > (or at least everyone that's read RFC 1855).
> > Everyone knows you shouldn't
> > send large amounts of unsolicited information to
> > people.
>
> No they don't! My wife routinely gets attachments in
> the 300-600K range from her friend back home.
> Yesterday, her friend sent a couple of files called
> something like easterbunny.exe both about 1.5M.
> Obviously this is a DOS|Windows executable file of no
> use to her anyway. Probably a stupid jumping bunny
> greeting card!
>
> This friend has a cable modem so doesn't notice the
> time it would take to download a file that size. I
> conversely have a 33.6 dialup connection. If I were
> fetching that file from pop3 I would have been really
> upset. Luckily my wife uses a yahoo.com webmail
> account like I do so I was able to see the message
> while it sat on yahoo's server and delete it when I
> saw what kind of file it was without having to
> download it.
>
> So, from experience, everyone does not know and most
> don't care. IMO all mailers should be _required_ to
> limit attachment size and inform the user of a proper
> way to handle file transfer. As an aside, this person
> sends .doc files regularly too; luckily we're not
> susceptible to their evils.
>
> Regards, G.S.
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