Re: Why does our mailing list not support file attachments?
Hi All, Thank Kevin for the explanation. Ed, I have created an Infra ticket here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-18262 On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 3:53 PM Ed Cable wrote: > Thanks for bringing this up Awasum. thanks Kevin for the quick suggestion. > > Awasum, can you put in a ticket for the request. +1 from my side. > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 15:50 Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > >> I believe it's just a setting you have to ask Infra via a jira ticket to >> flip a switch. >> >> On 4/19/2019 5:28 AM, Awasum Yannick wrote: >> > Hello Everyone, >> > >> > Happy Good Friday. >> > >> > I am wondering why our dev list cannot support file attachments. An End >> > User Software like ours usually has alot of use cases which need to be >> > explained via excel or via screenshots and other means. >> > Is there no way we can directly attach documents to our mailing list? >> > >> > What are the problems preventing this from happening? >> > >> > I have no problem using an external pasting service but I feel over time >> > those external services might delete attachments hosted on them. We end >> up >> > losing an important part of our history of bugs. >> > >> > For end users, It might even be a problem using these external services. >> > >> > What can we do? >> > >> > >> > Thanks. >> > Awasum Yannick >> > >> >> -- >> Kevin A. McGrail >> Member, Apache Software Foundation >> Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 >> >>
Re: Why does our mailing list not support file attachments?
Thanks for bringing this up Awasum. thanks Kevin for the quick suggestion. Awasum, can you put in a ticket for the request. +1 from my side. On Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 15:50 Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > I believe it's just a setting you have to ask Infra via a jira ticket to > flip a switch. > > On 4/19/2019 5:28 AM, Awasum Yannick wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > Happy Good Friday. > > > > I am wondering why our dev list cannot support file attachments. An End > > User Software like ours usually has alot of use cases which need to be > > explained via excel or via screenshots and other means. > > Is there no way we can directly attach documents to our mailing list? > > > > What are the problems preventing this from happening? > > > > I have no problem using an external pasting service but I feel over time > > those external services might delete attachments hosted on them. We end > up > > losing an important part of our history of bugs. > > > > For end users, It might even be a problem using these external services. > > > > What can we do? > > > > > > Thanks. > > Awasum Yannick > > > > -- > Kevin A. McGrail > Member, Apache Software Foundation > Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project > https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 > >
Re: Why does our mailing list not support file attachments?
I believe it's just a setting you have to ask Infra via a jira ticket to flip a switch. On 4/19/2019 5:28 AM, Awasum Yannick wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Happy Good Friday. > > I am wondering why our dev list cannot support file attachments. An End > User Software like ours usually has alot of use cases which need to be > explained via excel or via screenshots and other means. > Is there no way we can directly attach documents to our mailing list? > > What are the problems preventing this from happening? > > I have no problem using an external pasting service but I feel over time > those external services might delete attachments hosted on them. We end up > losing an important part of our history of bugs. > > For end users, It might even be a problem using these external services. > > What can we do? > > > Thanks. > Awasum Yannick > -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171
