I'll send a note. On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Py Fivestones wrote:
> I would hope that any bounced email contains a message that email to > coder-com must be HTML free. Like it or not, legitimate posts worthy of > this list sometimes contain HTML, as people sometimes post from the > workplace or forget to loose the HTML for posts here. > stoney` > > At 10:17 AM 3/16/2002 +1300, you wrote: > >[snip] > > > > > Most spam does contain the same stuff all over and over again, the so > > > called unsubscribe feature (wich of course does not work and only > > > generates more spam). Perhaps make something with procmail that > > > checks the contents of the mail and from there put suspicious mails > > > aside to be send into the list later when they turn out not to be spam. > > > > > > Kev himself said that html posts are not allowed, so maybe indeed reject > > > em right away (or simply remove any attachments so only the plaintext > > > version stays alive). If someone wants to submit a file, then perhaps put > > > an ftp server up somewhere that allows uploads (with certain limits off > > > course). > > > >[snip] > > > >Personally, I get annoyed with the majority of html posts. they are easily > >3 times the size of plain text posts. I have been watching one in another > >mailing list I am on, and after 4 replies, the message is up to 117kb - > >whereas the plain text version is 17kb. > > > >Disallowing all html email to the list would serve a double purpose, ie - > >stop html email, and as the vast majority of spam is full of html crap, > >would stop that too. > > > >I see no problem with denying html email, and see it as the best and easiest > >way to avoid the majority of spam. > > > >Gavin Grieve > >HeKTik @ UnderNet > > Py Fivestones > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Stacy Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://pfft.net/stacy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Famous last words: Alright then, step across THIS line!
