Re: demime 0.98b removed an attachment of type application/x-tar which had a name
Re: demime 0.98b removed an attachment of type application/x-tar which had a name
- Subject: Re: demime 0.98b removed an attachment of type application/x-tar which had a name
- From: Chuck Hill <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 14:11:08 -0800
Jonathan Rochkind has started posting the code snippets to www.wocode.com
and then adding a link to his messages. I guess that is the way to go. Or
use the Omni lists. :-)
Think Different!
Chuck
At 11:04 AM 06/11/2003 +1300, Denis Stanton wrote:
>Thank you all three for a rapid explanation of where demime is getting
>into the picture (or in this case, removing the picture altogether)
>
>the problem for me is that this some of our most helpful list members
>are conflicting with demime and may not know it.
>
>for example
>
>From: email@hidden
>Date: Thu Nov 6, 2003 6:59:09 AM Pacific/Auckland
> [demime could not interpret encoding binary - treating as plain text]
>
>From: Mankit Sze <email@hidden>
>Date: Wed Nov 5, 2003 11:07:47 AM Pacific/Auckland
> I guess that an example may be worth a thousand words.
> [demime 0.98b removed an attachment of type application/x-tar which
>had a name of TestWOAppletCodebase.tar]
>
>I think Jonathan's post got through, though somewhat neutered, but
>Mankit's made no sense to me until I realized that the important part
>was missing. I guess if he replied to the original questioner as well
>as to the list then his attachment would have gone where it was most
>needed. That would explain why when Jonathan has replied to me
>directly, thus sending to two copies, only the one coming via the list
>was demimed.
>
>I suppose this removal of attachments from lists is going to become the
>norm thanks to the proliferation of junk mail, or simply thoughtless
>overuse of the facility, but I hope this short thread serves to remind
>posters that if you send messages that are other than plain text they
>may not be getting through.
>
>Denis
>
>On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 10:24 AM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>
>> The Apple lists do not allow attachments or even large messages. At
>> times
>> this makes describing a problem and the solution somewhat of a
>> challenge.
>
>On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 10:44 AM, Cliff Tuel wrote:
>
>>> Is is a feature of this list, provided for our mutual protection
>>
>> Yes, it's our servers -- but I think it's more to save bandwidth, not
>> for
>> your protection. (Just a guess, since Macs don't tend to pass around
>> viruses by email.)
>>
>On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 10:28 AM, Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch
>wrote:
>
>> Greetings Denis,
>>
>>> Is is a feature of this list, provided for our mutual protection, or
>>> is
>>> is something my ISP is doing on the invalid assumption that I am a
>>> poor
>>> PC user and need to be filtered?
>>
>> demime is a rockin' script the kills email attachments that would be
>> otherwise forwarded to all subscribers of a mailing list:
>>
>> <http://scifi.squawk.com/demime.html>
>>
>> It executes on Apple's servers when the posting is accepted for
>> delivery
>> to the list.
>
>
>
--
Chuck Hill email@hidden
Global Village Consulting Inc. http://www.global-village.net
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