This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_898621558_boundary Content-ID: <0_898621558@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I thought it was important to pass this note along to all members of this list. I would expect that other Rootsweb listowners will do the same so I apologize for any duplicate messages you may receive if you subscribe to more than one Rootsweb mailing list. This message is from Tim Pierce, volunteer sysadmin at Rootsweb. Some of the content is technical in nature but what it means to you is that rootsweb will begin rejecting any messages that anyone attempts to post to any list that contain either an attachment of any kind (even ones you might be unaware of that your mail program is attaching) and also message in other than plain text--for example--messages with HTML coding. If you should run into any trouble as a result of these changes feel free to contact me privately and we will work out some solution to correct the situation. Thanks! Joan M. Young, list moderator GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com --part0_898621558_boundary Content-ID: <0_898621558@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <listowners-announce-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from relay28.mx.aol.com (relay28.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.28]) by air09.mail.aol.com (v45.8) with SMTP; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:03:31 -0400 Received: from fp-1.rootsweb.com (fp-1.rootsweb.com [207.113.233.233]) by relay28.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id MAA16964; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:02:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA20792; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 09:02:47 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 09:02:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980623085954.O16502@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 08:59:54 -0700 From: Tim Pierce <twp@rootsweb.com> Old-To: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com Subject: Blocking Attachments and HTML X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1 Resent-Message-ID: <"Qhit-D.A.wCC.DE9j1"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> To: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com Resent-From: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <listowners-announce@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/50 X-Loop: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: listowners-announce-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hi, folks -- Well, it took almost two months longer than expected, but we're right now installing a SmartList hack that blocks file attachments (including VCARDS), HTML messages and enriched text postings. Sorry about the delay: things have been crazy around here. This note is to let you know how it works. When a poster sends something to a mailing list written in HTML, or with a non-plain-text attached file, the list server will send the poster's message back to them, with a note at the bottom explaining the plain-text requirement at RootsWeb. A COPY OF THIS REJECTION MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO YOU AS WELL! That's because the poster may write back to you to complain or to ask for help, and it can be pretty confusing if they write a reply to a message that you never saw. So when you suddenly start getting messages from YOURLIST-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com, quoting some ungodly HTML mess that you never saw before, don't be alarmed. :-) It just means the list server is rejecting a MIME message that was sent to your list, and that you may get a response from the poster. This change is not currently something the listowner can turn on and off. Attachments will be blocked from every list alike. This might not be to the taste of some listowners, so we'll consider closely whether it would be safe to make it an optional setting. Thanks to Marc Nozell for finding the SmartList patch that was used as the basis for this fix! Regards, Tim Pierce RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative volunteer sysadmin and general hacker --part0_898621558_boundary--