At 15:03 2001-01-08 +0000, Ian wrote:
[snip sensible stuff]
>not be posted. A recent posting, for example, included a half megabyte
>PDF attachment. In an institution such as the National Museums of
It just took me about 5 minutes to download that one attachment.
[snip illustration of potential problems]
>In all cases it is preferable to post a URL pointing to such a binary
>file, rather than the file itself.
The other point I would like to make is the perennial one of security.
Attachments are sometimes a *huge* security risk. All the virus/worm
problems of the last couple of years have been caused by rogue programs
or scripts sent as attachments, which some email programs handle in a
much too trusting fashion.
There was a recent discussion of this very issue on Museum-L (which
does not allow attachments due to the previous spreading of viruses
via messages to that list). HP3000-L also has this policy.
Ian, is there any way for you as list manager to disable the
distribution of attachments?
Michael (trying not to sound too snippy about this)
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Michael Comiskey, Systems Manager, Ulster Museum
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Public display is often a highly politicized act, and historic artifacts are
sometimes subjected to interpretive recontextualization which may enhance the
educational value of the artifacts or may disguise, mask, or misinterpret
information.
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