On 16/04/2009 23:01, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
I don't need the schematics, but it is good to know
that attachments can't be sent.
I thought this was in the FAQ, but it's not. It has, though, been
explained several times over the years. The mailing list does not allow
attachments, by design, as it's intended for discussion, not filestore,
and presumably most of the (thousands?) of subscribers wouldn't be
interested in any one particular attachment (like schematics). It also
doesn't allow HTML; it's meant to be lightweight.
Maybe someone should volunteer to update the FAQ :-) It could do with a
note about why you shouldn't post to cctech as well as cctalk, for
example. For those who don't already know, it's not two lists, it's two
views of the same list. Unless it's changed recently, messages posted
by cctech subscribers are automatically also sent to cctalk; messages to
cctalk are copied to cctech after a moderation process.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York