[WEB4LIB] Re: listserver settings to reject postings with attachments

[Roy Tennant]

The solution we are presently reviewing strips attachments from 
messages, it doesn't refuse messages that have attachments. Stay 
tuned.
Roy Tennant
Web4Lib Owner

At 11:14 AM -0800 12/4/00, Elizabeth A Reiten/lib/Okstate wrote:
>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?
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>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'.
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>Marcia Middleton
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>Marc Truitt wrote:
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>>  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?
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>>  regards,
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>>  - mt
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