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Re: [Full-Disclosure] FD should block attachments

From: Tim <tim-security@sentinelchicken.org>
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 11:27:18 EST

> Did you ever consider that people in some parts of the world pay by the
> byte or by the time they're online, and attachments, especially large ones
> *and* html email cost them money personally?

I have to agree here. There are some who would say that email was never
intended as a means to transfer files. It is a very impolite way of
getting a group of people a file. Sending a link, is much more
considerate to the subscribers and to those hosting the list.

I don't know if blocking all attachments is the answer here, since doing
that would block many signatures, but perhaps it would be worthwhile to
block all but a couple of mime types.

tim

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