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Filtering out unwanted mime attachments

1997-10-11 20:42:11
Hi everyone.  Thanks to the latest versions of Netscape
Communicator, Internet Explorer and various other email software
available for Windows '95 (mainly) there is a proliferation of
bandwidth wasting file attachments to mailing lists from users
that use such software.

I'm tired of receiving the following from mailing lists:

1) HTML messages and HTML attachments.
2) Cryptographic signatures
3) 4k gif/jpg images of the author of the message
4) WINMAIL.DAT files
5) any other bandwidth wasting attachment that serves no true
   purpose to the intents of the mailing list in question.

I'm sure that it's been asked before how to remove all such
garbage, so could someone please point me to some URL's or FAQ's,
etc...  or alternatively just answer me here.

Thanks a bunch.

Mike A. Harris        |  Homepage:  http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
Computer Consultant   |  Am I online? -  finger or ping capslock.dyn.ml.org
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Mark should get a sound card and more ISA slots!!!!!!!!  ;o)