Re: Blocked post - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Blocked post
Date
Msg-id 26776.1175542335@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Blocked post  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: Blocked post  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> "Magnus Hagander" <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>>> Plaintext patch, plus two plaintext .c files.
>>
>> Then I have no clue.

> Actually I've had more success with .tar.gz than plain text attachments.

I think the filter is not on the name or actual contents of the file,
but what MIME content-type it's labeled with.  (Which is actually pretty
sensible, because the point is to reject anything that Microsloth mail
readers might try to auto-execute.)

Plain ol' application/octet-stream always gets through for me.

            regards, tom lane

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