Re: Kill the MIMEs

On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:42:55 +0100 (BST), Thomas Anderson writes:
>On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Tim Jones wrote:
>
>> >I think that all of us on the list would *really* appreciate 
>> >it if people stop sending MIME format messages.
>> 
>> Looking at the archives the recent MIME crimminals are
>> fairly obvious as that is only plain text and a good way to
>> check if you are conforming.
>
>since all the mail goes through listfuhrer Seidl's majordomo machine,
>isn't it possible to filter it there? check for non-plain messages and
>bounce them back to their source? i think it would just involve finding
>and checking the content-type header in the message.
>
>come on, it's a simple bit of perl hacking, and the world would be
forever
>grateful for such an innovation. majordomo allows moderated lists, so i
>imagine the infrastructure is there already.
>

I'm hear and reading this stuff, but I think you all under estimate
how hard it is to search through the majordomo code (1) and modify it
to search through all the message headers (2) looking for a mime type.

After I'm finished getting setup in my new office (stupid X stuff.
Compile faster!), I'll try and take a look though.

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