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----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:45 am Subject: Re: [MOPO] A wish for MOPO > First, thanks for all the good wishes. I really appreciate them. > > Now on to Kirby's post... > > I *can* allow the listserv to permit attachments, but the reason > for the ban > is to help control the spread of viruses/worms, etc. It is > dangerous to > assume that everyone subscribed to MoPo is running up-to-date virus > protection software. Permitting attachments could prove disastrous. > Over the > last year, my filmfan.com e-mail address has been bombarded with > thousands(and I'm not joking here) of virus-infected e-mails that > had to have come > from past or present MoPo subs who had my address in their address > books.One attack sent virus-infected e-mails to my inbox every 60 > seconds for more > than 24-hours. What a horrible experience that was. > > I receive about 2-3 rejected postings weekly from the listserv that > are spam > messages originating from legitimate MoPo subscriber addresses, but > probablysent out without their knowledge. Whether their machines > have been > compromised or just their address books stolen (which obviously > contain the > MoPo posting address) I'm not sure. But it brings home the > potential threat > to all of us. > > Plus not everyone has a high-speed internet connection. If you add > attachments/images, etc. it can really slow down the download of a > person'se-mail. Posting a link to an image is not so terrible and > then only people > really interested will be downloading that image. > > Scott > MoPo List Owner > > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kirby > McDaniel > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] A wish for MOPO > > > If I had one wish for MoPo, it would be that we could move it > technologically forward a bit and allow attachments or > html. > > Don't you think enough time has gone by so that most people's > computerscould handle small files? > > This is done at Movie Poster Talk, and I think it's a great thing. > > Kirby McDaniel > MovieArt Original Film Posters > P.O. Box 4419 > Austin TX 78765-4491 > 512 479 6680 > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
