Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 10:33:16 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: Tim Aslat <tim@spyderweb.com.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: drivers Message-ID: <20050530010316.GM25279@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200505291753.17303.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> References: <BAY21-F21EF3AB9ACF3077B2F01C0DA000@phx.gbl> <20050530003303.GH25279@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050530101031.23dbc049@bofh.spyderweb.com.au> <200505291753.17303.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
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--NZtAI5QFBF0GmLcW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday, 29 May 2005 at 17:53:14 -0700, Vizion wrote: > On Sunday 29 May 2005 17:40, the author Tim Aslat contributed to the dia= logue > on- > Re: drivers: > >> On Mon, 30 May 2005 10:03:03 +0930 >> >> Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>> I suppose it's reasonable. On the other hand, in my recollection this >>> is the first time this has happened. >> >> Maybe it's the first, but I'm guessing it won't be the last. Now that >> people have seen its possible, we can probably expect some individuals >> to gain some small amusement by sending huge attachments to the list. >> >> I propose that we decide on a realistic size limit for freebsd-* >> mailing lists. My suggestion is 500K. > For what its worth could I suggest an intermediate course -- if it happens > again then put a limit - I suppose I am wondering whether quick action on > isolated cases does not lead to "bad" precedents!! It strikes me as going > down the slippery slope towards over regulation -- I dunno I suggest it be > slept on In fact, what you're suggesting is more regulation. Intelligent, yes, but it means more work.=20 I've sent a message to the FreeBSD postmaster suggesting a limit of 100 kB. My reasoning for this relatively low limit: nobody's going to look at much more anyway, and it will "encourage" people to quote carefully :-) Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --NZtAI5QFBF0GmLcW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCmmZUIubykFB6QiMRAgHdAJ4w92JFmV7U1PlGk91hgDOjd0B+YgCfdkYa xeu0QbAgof9/HlH8wkpJ4Lk= =7Xb8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NZtAI5QFBF0GmLcW--
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