At 09:54 AM 4/24/01, Brett Randall wrote:
>Or simply strip the attachments to any messages... That'd be my ideal
>choice. Keep the list relatively text-only (HTML to some degree), have
>no virii problems and keep total bandwidth usage down. Overheads are
>obvious, but at least for each e-mail to the list, the attachment
>would just have to be stripped when it arrived (a relatively simple
>Perl script could do it, or a compiled C program if you're after
>efficiency).
On an ezmlm list, stripping MIME attachments is as simple as saying
'Hey, don't let any MIME attachments through'. Stripping uuencoded
attachments is equally simple - you just add
|/usr/bin/uudecode -o /dev/stdout >/dev/null 2>&1 && { echo
"Attachments Prohibi
ted"; exit 100; }; exit 0
to DIR/editor.
I'm not sure what kind of overhead this generates, but we host several
lists that all have volumes equal to or greater than this list, and
I've never noticed a problem.
Setting a maximum message size helps also. That's probably not a good
idea on a tech list, though, as messages including debugging
information can be rather long sometimes.
The real answer, of course, is "lose Outlook, and stop double-clicking
things", but I suppose we're ignoring that for the purposes of this
discussion.
Todd
