On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Glenn wrote: > > Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:07:31 -0500 > > From: Bill Earle <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Proper wasy of sending attachements to a Listserv list? > > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction for: > > 1. the proper method to send attachments to a Listserv list? > > 2. proper list config.info? > > 3. a list of MIME header[s] that are honored by Listserv? > > - Our e-mail clients each had a different idea of the proper > > MIME headers to send. > > > > Description: > > - Recently we had an time sensitive announcement, that needed to be > > send to the recpients of (2) large lists, in the form of a PDF > > file. We made several test deliveries using different e-mail clients > > to different Listserv lists. We could not get successful results > > with any of our combinations and resorted to a brute force mass > > mailing without using Listserv. > > Please forgive me for pointing out the obvious, but why not post the > PDF on a secure (HTTPS) and password-or-otherwise protected web page > and just email a link to the PDF out to the list members? Glenn, A very good suggestion and all very real issues and benefits. Unfortunately we are not in a position to place any limitations on the requests that we receive. By the time we receive the request, it has already gone through a much higher chain of command and we simply execute. We do make "suggestions" for format, etc., that you do. :) Does anyone have a reliable method to post messages that contain MIME attachements? - Bill > This avoids any possible issues with > a) attachment encoding by sending MUA > b) size limits on recipient mailboxes > c) recipient MUA limitations > d) time-delay in delivering large files to many recipients over the internet > e) ... > > Also, in the case where all the users are on the same system, there are > better ways to deliver large files, better known as bulletins, to all > users on the system, or to a select group of users. Some programs have > such features as hard-linking the message into everyone's Maildir so > that only one copy is on the system rather than filling up disk space > for X copies. > > Cheers, > Glenn >