That's a very good solution. It gets my vote. Best, Judith Plotz
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, W J Cram wrote:
> Dear RK list members
>
> I should be grateful for your approval of a proposal, explained below
>
> There appear to have been a couple of viruses in attachments to
> the list in the last few days.
>
> The situation is that viruses can be carried in attachments, but NOT
> in an email itself, which is written in ASCII - a very simple
> 'language'. Consequently,
> read the email,
> don't open any attachment,
> and you can't import a virus.
>
> A second point about attachments: they make emails messages much
> longer, and therefore if sent to a list will occupy much extra time
> on the internet system. Many local networks ban attachments from list
> messages for this reason.
>
> Attachments may be necessary for transmitting graphics files, but
> still carry the risk of viruses.
>
> Consequently, I suggest that the Rudyard-Kipling list should have a
> "No attachments" policy, with these principles
> 1. No attachments to be sent to the list by any member.
> 2. If an attachment is essential, send it to
> <[log in to unmask]>
> and the list owner will check it for viruses and then transmit it to
> the list.
>
> Please let me know if you agree to this.
>
> John Cram
> Rudyard-Kipling list owner
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