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No rating yet Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Should we allow attachments? Author: Frank Exius Date: 2008-04-21 11:20:59XANSYS run alright w/o attachments so far.
A option might be to limit the size of attachments to say 1MB, as prescribed for a German ANSYS forum - with further limits on allowable file types and # of attachments. http://ww3.cad.de/cgi-bin/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=ANSYS&number=101
Gruesse, Frank Exius
IFE Deutschland www.ife-ansys.de Telefon +49-2642-980409 Geschaeftszeiten Mo-Fr 09-18:00 Uhr -----Original Message----- From: xansys-bounces_at_xansys.org [mailto:xansys-bounces_at_xansys.org] On Behalf Of Martin Liddle Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 8:28 AM To: xansys_at_xansys.org Subject: [Xansys] [ADMIN] Should we allow attachments?
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 | ^--------------------------------------------------------
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