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[Alex Jokela <alex@camulus.com>]

>> filter pdfs

allow them, and use the file size limit to filter out the ones that are too 
large.

 -acj

On Feb 4, 2011, at 8:57 PM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

> On 2/4/2011 9:43 PM, Chris Garriss wrote:
>> I agree that most closed lists do not allow non-members to post, and very
>> much prefer it that way.
> 
> This is a good plan. I'll keep the config that way.
> 
>> I have to admit to being confused at this point as to which,  if any,
>> attachments are allowed.
> 
> These are allowed:
> 
> image/gif
> image/jpeg
> image/jpg
> image/jpef
> image/bmp
> image/png
> image
> 
> multipart/mixed
> multipart/alternative
> text/plain
> 
> I need to know what message body size limit (this includes the size of any 
> attachments) we need to have for the sake of those with a slow internet 
> connection:
> I have set it to two megabyte which is pretty big; maybe it should be one 
> megabyte. Any suggestions? 2mb is a slow but manageable download for anyone 
> with 3mb/s DSL and even 1.5 mb/s. Too slow for 56kb dialup if anyone still 
> has this.
> Ex. My attached pic of a Meyer Lemon is 225KB in size if that will give you 
> any way to gauge download times.
> 
> And should I filter out .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) and .pps (PowerPoint) files? 
> Yes? No?
> 
>  I strongly support blocking attachments where
>> they are executable - such as ".exe " etc.  I think images as attachments
>> (most common including jpg,  bmp,  gif,  tif,  as well as other common
>> formats) enhance communication.   I would probably strip PDF attachments -
>> they can be quite large and 99% of the time a URL can be provided.
> 
> The usual suspects are now filtered out, one that coud contain viruses or 
> other malware:
> 
> exe
> bat
> cmd
> com
> pif
> scr
> vbs
> cpl
> zip
> rar
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