A Plea for sanity when posting to this list.

[Anders Karlsson]

On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 19:56 +0200, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > Possibly just one other addition to the list, which is:
> > Could contributors refrain from posting any form of attachment, whether
> > it is HTML, GPG signatures or "smart mailers"?

Perhaps a second user-list should be created then where people that want
all MIME stripped from the messages, no GPG signatures allowed, HTML
messages punishable by death and so forth.

> I agree. I don't know what these signatures are for, but they do have
> ill effects, other than cluttering the e-mail, in that I tend to ignore
> any attachments now.

I dislike HTML messages when they are posted to a mailing list. If they
are sent off-list, they are something one can cope with.

The GPG signatures I do not understand why you have a problem with. Is
it because you just do not know what they are for, or is there another
reason? A GPG signature will allow easy verification that messages has
not been tampered with or that they originate from the person that
apparently sent the message.

Not allowing GPG signatures, or even complaining about them, is a bit
silly.

[snip]

Regards,

-- 
Anders Karlsson <anders at trudheim.com> | GnuPG Key ID - 0x4B20601A
Senior QA Engineer - McAfee WebShield | finger anders at lenin.trudheim.com
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