>On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:02:37 EST, in message:
><[log in to unmask]>, PsyNet USA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 97-12-08 18:32:43 EST, [log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>> > >Is there a command for 1.8b which blocks attachment files?  I tried
>> > >files=no  but it didn't work.
>> >
>> > You can't specifically prevent attachments.  What you can do is set
>> > Sizelim=(200) in your list header.  This sets a maximum number of lines for
>> > the msg (including all headers).  You may need to experiment with your
>> list(s)
>> > to determine whether to make it larger or smaller, but it will prevent all
>> but
>> > very small attachments.
>>
>>
>> Lately I have been seeing an increasing number of very small file
>> attachments(e.g. "vcf" files and others) which would sneak in under the 200
>> line limit.
>>
>> Don't know if it's feasible, but one of my wish list items for LISTSERV would
>> be a selectable option on file attachments.
>
>        I do think that it would be somewhat feasible, but it would
>take scanning the message text in order to do so.  I'm wondering if we
>could at all possibly limit line length as well as number of lines?
>
>
>                                        Jason Rasku

I'll go along with that.  My mail program (Yeah, its a terrible one) can
only show me the first 255 characters on each line, so if we could limit
line length, or have lines chooped to 80 or so columns when they are
longer than that, that would be really useful.  It would at least allow me
to read the entire message of every single post.

Glenn