[Leica] Just wondering

Brian Reid reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Sat Aug 24 21:17:44 PDT 2019


> including images in email posts (I suspect) opens tons of hassels with
> bogus files and explodes Brian’s server space

The original reason for not allowing attachments in LUG emails was 
security. It is easy to hide dangerous malware and viruses in jpeg 
files. But computers are 50 times faster now than they were when this 
all started, and it is now routine to screen inbound email for malicious 
things.  Disks are now 800 times larger at the same price, so server 
space is not an issue in 2019.

I could easily enable the transmission of jpeg and tiff and gif and png 
files if there is consensus that it would be welcome. I wouldn't want to 
lose Sonny over it, though.


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