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Dennis,
The question is how to balance the ease of use with the group with
common safety considerations. I would think by turning RT attachments
off, it would make it more difficult for members reading messages to
match them up with the proper files, not to mention the extra mouse
clicks to get the picture displayed.
I've always thought that people who are on this list were courteous
enough to take precautions with virus checking. I suppose one idea
would be to broadcast rules and then implement warnings and then
restrict those offenders from posting in the future. But, I guess my
preference would be to see self-policing fail first.
Any thoughts from others?
--- In realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxx, DH <catapult@xxxx> wrote:
> <rant mode on>
>
> It is possible. I run a non-trading egroups list with several
hundred
> subscribers. I set the list options to not allow attachments and
> recommend that all subscribers set their profile to text-only. That
> strips all HTML out of the messages and people only receive the
text.
> The downside is they have to post pictures to the files area but,
> IMHO, that's a small price to pay for security when you're dealing
> with a large public list.
>
> This really gets at several of my pet peeves.....
>
> 1. People who use Outlook Express (the world's worst email program)
> and aren't bright enough to set their security so they wont get
> infected with KAK worms.
>
> 2. People who use HMTL email which is a huge waste of bandwidth, can
> carry hidden worms, and adds no value to the content of the message.
>
> 3. People who don't do virus scans on their systems and pass the
> viruses they catch on to hundreds of others on public lists,
followed
> by a lame "gee, I'm sorry" apology worded like they think they are
> victims and don't even carry any blame in the whole business.
>
> I'm on other lists that allow HTML and attachments but they are
small
> lists with users savvy enough to not get themselves infected with
> viruses. I really think a big list like RT needs to reconsider the
> convenience of allowing attachments versus the safety of not
allowing
> them. Changing our profiles to text-only does no good unless the
> moderators decide not to allow attachments. Without the change by
the
> moderators, HTML, including KAK scripts, still gets through to our
> computers. It has happened several times in recent weeks so it
appears
> that there will always be a small number of subscribers who lack the
> technical sophistication to practice safe computing.
>
> <rant mode off>
>
> --Dennis
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