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No rating yet Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Should we allow attachments? Author: Riccardo Testi Date: 2008-04-18 08:29:59Martin, I agree with you.
At 08.28 18/04/2008, you wrote: >Since we moved XANSYS to our own server five years ago, we have had a >policy of removing all attachments (with the exception of ASCII text >(allowing log files to be sent)). This has been done for a number of >reasons: > > To prevent transmission of possible virus laden material. > > To keep individual postings and the XANSYS archive to a > reasonable size. > > To make people think before posting. > >However it is true that a picture is worth a thousand words and the >Mailman software gives us a lot of control over what is filtered. So >now that we have a whizzy new server, should we allow small pictures in >say jpeg format? >-- >Martin Liddle, Tynemouth Computer Services, 3 Kentmere Way, >Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3TW. >Web site: . >^-------------------------------------------------------- >| XANSYS - www.xansys.org | >| The Discussion List for users of ANSYS, Inc. Software | >| Hosted by PADT - www.padtinc.com | >^--------------------------------------------------------