On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Russ Hunt wrote: > Strikes me that it's probably worth reassessing the need to allow > attachments. There are lots of alternatives, and people would find > them if the list simply refused to accept attachments. Hoping for > "educated subscribers" is, well, a fairly desperate strategy . . . Perhaps, but speaking as a Listserv postmaster, the Listserv I manage hosts around 1,500 active lists. In the past year, the subscribers to only one of those lists saw a virus come through their list. I do agree with you that there are other alternatives to sending attachments in Listserv list's postings, but I for one prefer not to force such decisions on people if I can help it. Transmitting attachments via Listserv is a powerful means of collaborating on books and other long written documents so attachments do have their uses.