On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 01:27 AM, Ram Prasad wrote:
I have a mailman list to which if I send a word doc, it gets stored at .bin in the archives. What do I need to make it store as a normal .doc file ?
I've asked that question in a couple of different forms on this list, and the general lack of answers I've received (Tom Crummey has been the only responder) leads me to this conclusion: You can't, unless you use third-party archive software such as hypermail or MhonArc.
There's a potential security risk in storing executable attachments without changing their names, so I can understand the desire not to preserve names of attachments, but if one is aware of the risks and plans other methods for handling them, the risk is minimal. Meanwhile, there are a lot of deranged email clients roaming the planet that even send *text* attachments as application/octet-stream, which the current pipermail archives oh-so-helpfully rename to .exe files, feeding all sorts of paranoid fantasies among list members.
Even letting the the file name change like it does currently but keeping the extension intact would have been useful; the current system is nearly useless.
Have fun, Arlen
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