-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2007-01-27 at 11:37 -0600, M Harris wrote:
Anyway, attachments of that size should be rejected by the list filter, even if On Topic, IMO. Absolutely. In fact, some folks say that distributing attachments with a list server to the community at large is evil regardless of size. However, I do see the benefit (from time to time, using reason) that someone might want to attach a small photo, fax out, diagram or other on topic clip like some small
On Saturday 27 January 2007 11:17, Carlos E. R. wrote: source snippet or something... but common folks... not hundreds of Ks.
Absolutely. However, even for small things, I feel it is better to upload somewhere, so that those people that want to see it, do so manually. Alternmatively, send directly on request to some people.
That's just wrong. Some folks are still dialup attached (I know hard to believe) and an attachment that size is just plain rude to those folks. IMO So the list server needs some sort of final filter to prevent the abuse.
Not that hard. I was on dial up till recently, and I may have to use it again ocasionally. I have friends with no internet at all during the week till they return home, and then, dialup. Those of us with some kind of adsl, cable, broadband, etc, are really fortunate. Posts to the list have got to be limited in size. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFu5t8tTMYHG2NR9URAg0lAJ97rAPHJGa/w7dpZGcwspdgyif6pACgiVCI 4wEky4csvwdumpyp3t4F/JY= =4MAk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org