On 2/9/01 3:24 PM, "Istvan Berkeley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On another matter, someone asked about making majordomo carry
> attachments. I have the opposite problem: I want to stop majordomo
> carrying attachments!
I pre-filter all of my lists with a tool called demime. It strips MIME mail
to just the text part, removing all that stuff.
Some day I plan on extending the filtering to remove "dangerous" parts, but
allow mime-based styled text. That means yes to HTML, no to .exe, no to
flash, no to shockwave, or anything else that might carry a virus. There's
still some exposure, but I think it's an acceptable risk to allow HTML. I
think most folks are smart enoguh to be wary about clicking in to stuff, but
carrying virus material through the list really scares me, so until I can
deal with that, I'm sticking to plain text. Demime is nice because users
don't have to worry about being compatible with the list -- th server deals
with making it work for them.
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