Subject: [SPIRITS] Re: [IPTEL] Re: [IETF-PIN] NOTICE: Stripping attachments from list mail.

From: Henning Schulzrinne <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:56:53 -0400

Igor Faynberg wrote:
> 
> Shaun,
> 
> Many thanks for the information. I believe you have made the right decision.
> Furthermore, for all IETF lists (PINT, SIN, SPIRITS, IPTEL) you may and should
> disallow even .doc and .ppt attachments. Those who post to these lists must
> follow the IETF-required practice of putting documents on their own sites and
> sending only pointers via the exploders. To summarise, only text files should be
> admitted to the IETF lists.
> 
> Please also feel free to impose a reasonable limit on the size of the
> IETF-related e-mail messages.

Actually, those probably shouldn't be sent at all to an open-standards
list, as they are proprietary formats that are difficult for a
significant fraction (i.e., those not using Microsoft operating systems)
to read and are themselves likely to contain viruses.

-- 
Henning Schulzrinne   http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs

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