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1997-05-19 - Re: Mail bombs from “helpful” Cypherpunks

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From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
To: Bill Stewart <tcmay@got.net>
Message Hash: cd1bfd7689a8f52f9108d3e09f6a5738d512364f8950ae6757e656214330e623
Message ID: <v03007800afa62e82cda0@[10.0.2.15]>
Reply To: <v03007809afa575b7ce29@[207.167.93.63]>
UTC Datetime: 1997-05-19 16:34:03 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 00:34:03 +0800

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From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 00:34:03 +0800
To: Bill Stewart <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Mail bombs from "helpful" Cypherpunks
In-Reply-To: <v03007809afa575b7ce29@[207.167.93.63]>
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>Eudora does have a "Only download messages less than ___K" option
>that can reduce this problem; I don't know if there's also
>a way to delete the message from Eudora without downloading it.
>Netscape Mail has similar options.
>

It does.  If you use the above method for preventing uncontrolled download
(whch I do) and if you also check the "trash attachments with message"
option from the  "Settings" menu, large attachments can be prevented from
download and deleted from the host.

--Steve


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