On 11 Jan 2007 at 12:23, shirling & neueweise wrote: > At 10:47 +0100 1/8/07, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > >May I politely ask that attachments are not sent to the list? I know > >most people have broadband access these days, and your PDF was very > >small, but I would really prefer as a general rule not to have > >attachments sent to this list at all. Please upload your files to a > >website if you want others to see or download it. > > even for those with broadband, they are also simply files that > clutter up the dumputer. i usually manage to keep my attachments > folder down to around 400 files, and when attempting to clean it up > every once in awhile i have to look at every single file there to > determine whether it is important to me or not.
I thought Henry had set up the listserv software to strip out attachments? That would make the point moot (and Mailman can definitely do it). As to the comment about the "attachments folder" above, my guess is you're using Eudora, since that's the only email program I know that automatically and without your consent or direction decodes all attachments upon receipt of the email (or maybe when you open it). This is a phenomenally stupid design decision -- it means that harmful attachments are there waiting for you to accidentally execute them. Every other email program I know leaves the attachment alone, in encoded format until you explicitly ask to open it. I have seen Eudora users infect themselves with nasties that their AV programs didn't catch because they were browsing their attachments folder to see what all that stuff in there was. In other words, the problem you have is a problem caused by your choice of email program. You can avoid the problem by using a more standard email client. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
