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Re: filter large messages

2001-07-25 08:40:03

William Allen Simpson <wsimpson(_at_)greendragon(_dot_)com> writes:

   At least we could filter messages greater than 32K.  That would get
 rid of the 200 KB and 1.1 MB junk we've been seeing.  Nobody really
 has  any reason to bombard us with more than 32K....  This is a
 discussion list, after all!

    This comment - along with so many others in this vein - lacks an
  appreciation of the IETF mentality.  "We do not believe in kings,
  presidents or voting.  We believe in rough consensus and running
  code." 

    I'd say that there is rough consensus that the SPAM/virus damage
  should stop.  But *where* is the running code?  [ Please submit at
  least two independent implementations... oops - slipped into bureaucrat
  mode there.... :-) ]

    Since I don't run an MS MUA, I'm not sure if James Salsman's
  approach counts as running code or not... :-)

-jon
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Jon Allen Boone
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