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  • From: Alex Jokela <alex@camulus.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Time for list message footer update...
  • Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 20:59:12 -0600

>> 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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