Re: Dropped attachments Fwd: [Gavin (JIRA): [jira] [Commented] (INFRA-3724) attachments sent get dropped without notification to either sender or receiving list]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 01:46:50PM +0300, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> Daniel Shahaf wrote on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 13:44:03 +0300:
> > Rejecting to the OP doesn't seem to be an option. (Rejecting to
> > a constant address /is/ an option, but it'd be all rejections, not just
> > 'bad attachment' rejections.)
> >
> > Seems the option we do have is to ask for some more filename extensions
> > to be allowed.
> >
> >
> > So, can we compile a list of extensions we'd like to allow on
> > attachments?
> >
>
> Bootstrapping:
>
> *.diff
> *.patch
> (extension-less)
>
>
>
> Once we have a list I'll feed it back to infra to effect the changes.

Why not just allow any name?
It makes much more sense to put a restriction on size rather than names.

Maintaining a list like this is unwieldy.
Received on 2011-06-24 13:39:06 CEST