Re: [squid-users] mailing list format - HTML mail.

If rejection/conversion is selected, HTML attachments will still come
through: HTML Mail has different mime headers than plain text w/HTML
attachments.

And I agree with the reject/post comment.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Rousskov" <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>
To: "Ilker Gokhan" <IlkerG@sumerbank.com.tr>
Cc: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] mailing list format - HTML mail.

> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Ilker Gokhan wrote:
>
> > So, I have to change my account to different mail account because
> > when i posted a mail to list, It is converted automatically HTML
> > format including footer information by our mail server (As you see
> > below). :-)
>
> You mailer sends both plain text and HTML versions of your message.
> Both copies have an auto-generated footer.
>
> I do not know whether squid mailing list should simply reject your
> mail because it has an HTML component, but I would vote against
> modifying forwarded messages in any way (e.g., stripping HTML off).
> IMO, the message should be either rejected or posted as is.
>
> Since it should be possible for people to attach HTML (e.g., a
> Squid-generated error page) to e-mails, I doubt it is wise to reject
> any e-mail that has an HTML attachment. We could, of course, demand
> that those attachments are compressed, but that seems like the wrong
> thing to do.
>
> $0.02,
>
> Alex.
>
>
Received on Tue Apr 24 2001 - 17:16:06 MDT