Isn't it about time this list got wrapped? With that done, at least the repeat
 offenders could be kicked.

Joel A. Kunze


-----Original Message-----
From:   Orin Eman [SMTP:orin@WOLFENET.COM]
Sent:   Friday, March 20, 1998 1:34 PM
To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:        Re: Thank you! [1/7]

> I wearily note that Web-browser/e-mailer software writers gladly spend time
>  adding fancy features, instead of
> sorting out basic details. If they really want to impress, I'd like to see
>  useful improvements like:

> * Detect and bounce binary attachments.

Not such a good idea, especially for mailing lists.  As a mailing list
admin (diy_efi), I get anything that looks like a bounce...
you'd be unsubscribed _very quickly_ if your mailer were to do that.

If the 'bounce' didn't go to the owner, it may well go to the list and
start an infinite loop... and finally, even if it went back to the sender,
it's a waste of bandwidth, would probably fill their mailbox and guess what,
start bouncing back and forth again!

Quietly dumping such attachments to the bit bucket is the best solution.

Orin.