[AT] Attachments/HTML

[Michael P. Maynard]

Spencer, 
	I have seen on other lists that everything but plain text
messages are rejected even.  I am not sure that we want to go that far
though here as it makes it difficult for subscribers who aren't as
computer literate.  I do like the idea of converting all messages to
plain text though.  That benefits everyone on the list.
	I do like the idea of bouncing attachments.  Honestly,
attachments of any kind shouldn't make it to the list in the first
place.

Mike

PS I like the [AT] in the subject.  It makes for easy 'rules' setup in
Outlook for sorting email.  I am glad to see it.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Spencer Yost
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:45 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: [AT] Attachments/HTML

Well, it looks as if there may be a fly in the ointment.   I can do the
following:

Convert any message in HTML to plain text.
Reject/Discard messages with attachments

I can NOT, however, simply strip attachments.   I can only block
messages that have attachments.  Many email packages add attachments (ie
HTML versions of a plain text messages, vcards, etc) without the
operator explicitly asking the software to do it.  Therefore, I think
stripping attachments may end up being problematic.   I can restrict
size of the message however.   We could enforce a real low message size
to limit large attachments/message size.

I went ahead and forced the software to reject messages with
attachments.  Let's see how this turns out.  I think we may have to
allow attachment after all.  

Spencer


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