Just thought I should pass this bit of news along to all of you. Jerry W. Murphy jwmurphy@netease.net Listowner: ALFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Listowner: TNHARDIN-L@rootsweb.com Listowner: TNWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com Wayne County, Tennessee Web Page: http://www.netease.net/wayne Wayne County Computer Club: http://www.netease.net/waccc -----Original Message----- From: Tim Pierce <twp@rootsweb.com> To: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com <listowners-announce@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 10:59 AM Subject: Blocking Attachments and HTML >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 >