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Stuart Longland <redhatter@g.o> wrote: |
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> Simon Stelling wrote: |
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> > Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> >>Filtering the lists leads to a slippery slope. What happens when |
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> >>you start getting false positives? |
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> > True, but why not filtering binary attachments? *If* you have to |
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> > send an attachment to these lists, it should either be plain text or |
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> > your gpg-signature. |
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> Why allow attachments at all? Most of us, if we have something to |
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> share, can stick it up on a little bit of webspace for people to |
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> download at their leisure. |
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Does anyone else appreciate the irony of an email with multiple |
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attachments which condemns the use of attachments? |
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It's a bit disconcerting to get spam and virii on a mailing list, but I |
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agree with Chris. In three posts, we went from "filter viruses" to "BAN |
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ALL TEH ATTACHMENTS". |
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I'd rather filter on my end, anyhow. If I screw up and start deleting |
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messages that ought not be deleted, then I get pissed, learn something, |
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and fix myself. If somebody else screws up and deletes/munges messages |
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that ought not be deleted or munged, all I can do is get pissed. |
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I'm attaching my PGP sig. I hope that's alright with everybody. :-P |
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-- |
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Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? |
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Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action. |
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-- "Ghost in the Shell", Shirow Masamune |
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