On 9/13/2010 3:40 PM, G. Matthew Rice wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Gregory D. Rosenberg <gr...@ricis.com> wrote: >> On 9/13/2010 2:23 PM, Daniel Curry wrote: >> What about iCal and other calendaring solutions? >> >> Not to mention the handling of contacts and global contacts, VCARD, HCARD, >> and other micro-formats being adopted. > This is a tough one. just because .ics files and such are sent via > e-mail (and IM ;)), it's usually beyond the mail system to deal with > them. Sure MUAs will typically help the user deal with them but I > think we would need to avoid pulling in the whole "calendaring and > contact" solution space into the exam. > > Maybe limit it to knowledge of "special" attachment formats like vcard > and ical? I don't think that this would distract from the overall > theme of Mail (and Messaging?) Services. > > What does everyone else think? Basic knowledge of Mime types, character set encoding, attachment types, and attachment encoding clearly spill into a few sectors of knowledge. Having knowledge of how to identify and block messages by country of origin, language, attachment type, .. are all important things for a mail admin, but clearly fall into security realms, and web realms. Clearly there are many roles beside the ones I have mentioned that have to have some degree of knowledge in these areas.
Recognizing what are dangerous file types is very important for a mail admin, as much as it is for the security and other roles. Realizing that we don't have solid standards for calendaring and especially contacts that have been faithfully and consistently implemented in the real-world challange, but one that would be fairly difficult to test for other than general familiarization with the standards that exist. In the trenches, I seriously see mail admins and often sysadmins in smaller organizations that have to where all the hats struggle with migration from one mail server to another. Therefore it would be great that folks have a general understanding of file formats and standards, as well as the lack thereof that can make their efforts more daunting. > Regards, -- 73 and 75 Gregg AB9MZ Gregory D. Rosenberg RICIS, Inc. Chief Technology Officer 8018 Mallow Drive gr...@ricis.com Tinley Park, IL 60477-2697 www.ricis.com United States +1 708-444-2690 Voice +1 866-742-4777 Voice (US and Canada) +1 708-444-2697 Fax +1 708-267-6664 Cell (Best) "When you love the work you do, you will never work a day in your life." Support anti-Spam legislation. Join the fight at www.cauce.org NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain legally privileged and confidential information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and please delete it from your computer.
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