Chris Bannister wrote: >>> Isn't sending large attachments (2.6M) against the list code. >> >> I don't really know, I don't think it has been talked about >> previously? Anyway, this was a miskate of the poster, so I >> hope it won't be repeated. > > True, but a note in the list conduct/subscribe notice could > mention that attaching files bigger than a few K is frowned > upon and instead they should be posted on the net and post the > url.
I'm sympathetic to your point, however I'm pretty sure there is no option in Google Groups to control attachments. Therefore, as Raúl noted, there is unfortunately no practical way to prevent large attachments. I'm certain that someone who would send a 2.6M attachment to a mailing list won't read our guidelines in advance, so I don't think updating them is worthwhile (and I've tried to keep the guidelines reasonably short for clarity, so adding a "stating the obvious" paragraph about how you shouldn't post large attachments does not appeal). However: http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/web/vim-information currently includes: No attachments (except for patches, or a file that someone requested on the list). So the guidelines already cover the situation reasonably well. John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
