Dmitry wrote:
>
> Hello David,
>
> Thursday, September 20, 2001, 6:02:22 PM, you wrote:
>
> DB> I am strongly against disallowing postings from non-subscribers :
> me too!!!
>
> DB> Anti spam ideas :
>
> DB> - allow only plain text messages, this will kill 99.9 % of spam ( I guesstimate
>:-)
> too severely, but i like this 8)
>
> DB> - also limit the mail size to 10k or so ( as you already did )
> also too severely, imho 15-20 would be better. but 10k removes mails
> from guys that like to quote full previous mail(really hate this), so
> also not bad.
>
> DB> - having larger mails ( with attachments ) only waste bandwith for all, since
>only
> DB> a few people are interested in the files posted. If someone wants to
>exchange files,
> DB> do it in private ( over mail, ftp or whatever )
>
> but what about patches?
What about them ?
They are of interest only to a few people -> private exchange.
And they are after all text and can be posted with no problems, except
if they are above 10kbytes , then they shouldn't be posted anyway on the list.
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David Balazic
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