List Attachments? (Was: RE: VIRUS ON THIS LIST) (fwd)

[David Sowder]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Robert Mills wrote:
>The HP3000-L listserver had this same discussion when the 'I Love You' virus
>struck in May. The outcome of 000's of postings was that attachments would
>be banned.
>
>If you could not fit your message into the body of your posting then you
>either:
>a) asked for interested parties to contact you directly,
>b) gave them an address where the document could be obtained.
>
>The result, in my opinion, has been much less detritus floating around ;-).
>I only wish that this were true in regard to the rest of the net.
>
>If you don't agree with me that's your choice, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
>don't let this thread drag on too long.
>
>Well, that's my  0.013 (that's $0.02) worth.

I have been thinking this has happened on several lists already.  Some
major lists haven't accepted attachments for quite a while.

This thread will probably be dead by monday and by then I'll have the
consensus I've asked for.  So far everyone seems to be leaning toward
banning list attachments with some reluctance that can probably be worked
ou in the discussion.

--
David R. Sowder
Network Manager/Lead Software Technician
Southwestern Adventist University
http://www2.swau.edu/~davids/         Primary Email Address:   davids@swau.edu

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