Saluton Chris :) On Sun 17 May 2009 11:19 +0200, Chris Bannister <[email protected]> dixit: >> > Isn't sending large attachments (2.6M) against the list code. >> >> I don't really know, I don't think it has been talked about >> previously :? Anyway, this was a miskate of the poster, so I hope it >> won't be repeated. > > True, but a note in the list conduct/subscribe notice could mention > that attaching files bigger than a few K is frowned upon and instead > they should be posted on the net and post the url.
I'll leave that decision to John and Bram. I support the idea, anyway, because I don't really see the need for huge attachments: we have a files area for that kind of things. >> > Can't the list software strip large attachments, please. > […] >> I can take a look at Google Groups to check if a limit on attachments >> can be established, but after that the new policy should be agreed >> upon... (meaning: I won't impose such policy unless Bram tells so). > > Ahhh!, of course, "Google Groups" ... not worth jumping through hoops > for something that may never happen again, but if it is a simple admin > checkbox toggle then, if set, maybe it should be mentioned in the code > of conduct that attachments over a certain size will be stripped so > that they might realise why their post has lost the attachment and > they won't rpeatedly send it. I actually checked if an option existed, but I didn't find any. Maybe John knows how to do it if at all possible. The problem is that if the policy is approved we have no way of enforcing it for non-moderated members, and check each and every message on the list to check if it doesn't contain an attachment would be a huge job and will delay replies to the list, minutes on the best case, a couple of days in the worst case. The delay for moderated members may seem long right now, and the number of messages from moderated members is reasonably low, so imagine what would happen if all messages were to be moderated... Without Google Groups making this job automatic, it is almost impossible to do. We would need a dozen moderators and that would be a nightmare... I'll keep that in mind and let's see if any member comes with a solution. -- Raúl "DervishD" Núñez de Arenas Coronado Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to... RAmen! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
