I thought the mail server was supposed to
strip attachments.
James McKenzie wrote:
Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
On Thursday 19 October 2006 1:15 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi!
I have attached a slideshow for you to see what I mean.
I love the idea of downloading a 2.3 mb attachement just because you
were too lazy to put it somewhere on the www and provide the link in
your mail. People who still use dial-up connection will love you even
more. Here is my tip: before you attach anything to your e-mail, take
your time and think, then think again.
Some folks do not have any web presence. I'm one of them and probably
never will have one.
Unfortunately the people have to issues with your reply:
1. They never saw it unless you CCed them because they're not subscribed to
the list.
2. They probably thought they were sending this to "a person" or a "Help
Desk" for assistance.
While I'm on Broadband I still hate using email as a file transfer protocol.
FTP or HTTP is much better. but you should see the messages I send EVERY
day to my boss with either MS Word documents (with a bunch of pictures
in it) or a PowerPoint presentation. 2.3MB is small. I once reached
64MB before I decided to trim it out.
However, what I find more offensive is that this went through the moderator,
who then allowed the 2.3 mb attachement. Not only that, but we allow people
to send email to a list NOT KNOWING they are emailing a list (of course how
they could NOT know is beyond me, I'm still looking for the link where people
with no account on OOo can go to post a message.)!! Event though the contact
page says "you must be subscribed to post a message"!! Why or How is this
possible?
This has caused too much headache. There has got to be a way to FORCE people
to KNOW they are posting to a list and NOT an OFFICIAL "HELP DESK".
Howard:
This mailing list is echoed on both GMANE and Google Groups. Also, to
the web neophyte, [email protected] looks like a regular mail address.
I too find it quite rediculous that a 2.3 MB attachment was even allowed
on the list. Must have put some load on the mail server when it was
processed.
James McKenzie
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