On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 21:15, Tom Eastep wrote:
> 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.
>
My last reply ended up going to Mike directly, but... My suggestion was
to post the large text file to a web/ftp server, and including a link in
the post.. Would solve all the problems..
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