[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Binaries on freeciv lists

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Well from what i know email viruses can be in a non-binary format like VB
> Script so filtering binary messages wouldn't be foolproof. It would also

That's true, but it might help.

> stop people from posting gzipped patches. I dunno if this is possible but
> this is what i propose:

That's true, too.

Unfortunately, at the moment there is no provision in Listar for
filtering attachments based on extension.

> Very large emails shouldn't be allowed either. If someone wishes to send a
> big patch file they can upload it to the freeciv FTP site.

That is doable and is, I believe, already done, though I don't recall
the limit.

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