Re: st: RE: NO attachments please

[Marcello Pagano <pagano@hsph.harvard.edu>]

The system is not foolproof, but that is the way it is set up.

m.p.

Alex Ogan wrote:

> This has probably already been considered, but has the list maintainer
> checked out all the options available in the mailing list software to
> handle attachments?  I know that some such software allows you to
> completely ban attachments, as well as formatted messages.  People will
> get the message quickly if all of their attempts to post formatted
> messages / attachments are completely rejected.  
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 8:17 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: NO attachments please
>
> The Statalist FAQ is totally explicit. 
> In section 2.2, 
> "We ask you not to post formatted messages or attachments. 
> In fact, Statalist software may trap these formatted 
> messages or attachments without sending an error message 
> to you. Please make sure that your mailer is set to "Plain 
> Text" for outgoing messages (or the equivalent for your 
> mailer); that is, do not send HTML, Rich Text, VCards, 
> winmail.dat files, other attachments, or anything other 
> than Plain Text." 
> And again in section 3. 
> "Please do not include attachments. Many members have 
> mailers that cannot handle them. In any case, attachments can 
> spread viruses and clog up mailers with unwanted large files."
>
> If anyone has any suggestions about how this could made
> clearer, do please let me know. 
> Nick 
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 
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