On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Mike Noyes wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 11:12, Dalziel, Josh wrote:
> > Its not that I take it offlist, if I send an attachment the email is blocked
> > by the list admin cause it has a suspicious header.
>
> Josh,
> That is correct. We block almost all attachments. Please post your
> content in-line.
>
> The reason we do is related to the older version of Mailman installed on
> SF.net. Excessive SPAM and attachments containing viruses are a couple
> of other reasons.
>
> I apologize if this policy has inconvenienced you in any way.
>
>     Note: the Shorewall mailing lists are using a newer version of
>     Mailman, and have more control over MIME content (attachments,
>     etc.).
>

Mike -- It is I who am inconvenienced by this policy. I simply refuse to
try to decipher an inline 500kb "shorewall status" output that some
newbie's mailer has folded into a pretzel.

-Tom
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