Re: The latest round of antivirus bouncebacks
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:07:29 -0700, ben wrote:
>On Wednesday 10 April 2002 09:59 pm, Eric G. Miller wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 08:52:02PM -0700, ben wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 10 April 2002 08:39 pm, Gary Turner wrote:
>> > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:17:21 -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote:
>> > > >begin ben quotation:
>> >
>> > with reference to ms-tnef, is this a reasonable and workable prohibition?
>> > personally, i 've never been offended by it. is it actually an impediment
>> > on the list?
>>
>> Instead of getting into prohibitions of data formats, which will soon
>> grow into a very long list, just say plain text only. Regards to
>> ms-tnef, I certainly can't do anything with them, goes to /dev/null
>> immediately (same with html and most mails with attachments).
>>
>> Mailing lists should be treated like usenet, only better ;-)
>
>thanks for the input. so, on attachments, none? some?
>
> 1. no spam
>
> 2. text-only (no html, ms-tnef, etc.)
>
> 3. wrap text
>
> 4. no attachments ?
I have no problem with attachments. In many cases, where a file is
long, attachments are preferred. I often have neither the
qualifications nor interest needed to enjoy wading through pages of this
script or that configuration. I do often benefit from the commentary
and queries though. If I do want to see it, opening is trivial.
Think of it as an if(), inline a small instruction, put a big one out of
the way.
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It is interesting to note that as one evil empire (generic) fell,
another Evil Empire (tm) began its nefarious rise. -- me
Coincidence? I think not.
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