Felix Miata wrote:
On 2009/04/23 09:08 (GMT-0700) John Andersen composed:
L. V. Lammert wrote:
No other list to which I subscribe allows them - is there a good reason to allow attachments? If not, can they be turned off?
There are some technical problems that can best be solved by sending certain logs or screenshots. That's why they are tolerated even if not officially allowed or encouraged.
Most other lists I am on prohibit via stripping, which I think is the best approach to sharing large troubleshooting information blocks. There are pastebin-type places logs and images can be uploaded by those who don't either their own hosted web site or have Apache running to host them themselves, with URLs thereto welcomed on the lists. Including images and other files of 20k or more as attachments is what spammers do. It is not welcome, and unduly loads the email system. If you're going to permit attachments, you might as well be permitting HTML too. :-p
Its welcome as far as I'm concerned, as long as its not abused. If someone posts logs or images to opensuse in support of seeking help or support it serves the stated purpose of this mailing list. Equating that to spammers is insulting to the community. You may want to rethink your involvement in this list if a 20k image is going to be a problem for you. Its a high volume list. Suggesting we have to wander off to some unknown and untrusted website to help a fellow user puts an additional burden on those who offer help. What comes thru this list has been virus and spam scanned: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at relay1.suse.de X-Spam-Score: -1.499 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No Who knows where those posted urls lead? This has not been abused to date, so lets hold off on the negative until its a problem. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org