On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 08:03:55PM -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote: > -dump all attachments before they go to the list management > software's alias.
The above is a drastic solution. Certainly not suitable for the devel list, but looking through the user's list archive, I would not implement it there either. "demime" is one good script for doing so, very > easy to install. Attachments shouldn't be allowed on large lists > anyway; this isn't the development list, so attachments are simply > not necessary nor appropriate, particularly in this day and age where > webservers are dime a dozen. People should never send attachments, > they should reference URLs. 99% of the attachments that drift by > have absolutely no use to me...and posting attachments is completely > useless to people reading the archives a week, month, year later. > URLs, if they link to some place stable, at least have a fighting > chance. Note that some mail software are set up by default to forward other people's mail as attachments. Some MUAs are set up to send all mail as attachments. In any case, I will implement the removal of _certain_ MIME types. If a message is left without any body after the removal, the message will be rejected. I have to see about virus protection; I will not install commercial products on my computers. The comprehensive solution would be TMDA: http://software.libertine.org/tmda/ It is a very heavily tried/used product (I also use it). I was suggesting to use it with automatic whitelist: a first time poster to a list will have to send a confirmation, but then the sender address will be whitelisted, and no confirmation will be required for subsequent posts. Mate
