[WEB4LIB] listserver settings to reject postings with attachments

[Elizabeth A Reiten/lib/Okstate]

My one concern about having the system automatically reject postings with
attachments is that a number of people on what I like to call "alternate"
email systems (non-Outlook) often have their sig files come through as
attachments if everyone's settings are not exactly correct.  Would this
reject postings from these folks also?

Beth Reiten, Librarian
Digital Library Services
Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Phone: 405-744-9109
Email: reitene at okstate.edu


                                                                                                                                      
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I would support such an action, as it would reduce the 'hassle factor'.

Marcia Middleton


Marc Truitt wrote:
....

> On the positive side, readers of this list who are subscribed to a
> related one (libnt-l) will recall that an incident such as this just
> last week resulted a widely-supported move by the list owner to
> inplement settings that cause the listserver to reject any posting with
> an attachment.  Is it worth considering similar restrictions here?
>
> regards,
>
> - mt
>
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