I prefer how the R mailing list works: No attachments of any kind and no HTML messages allowed. Just plain text email. If someone needs to supply something too large for a single email, they must put it on a Web site (such as GitHub, for example) and then include a URL for that. That is: (1) much safer for all; (2) saves bandwidth for uninterested users; (3) save space on the various archives. Yes, this is very "retro" of me. And only a personal opinion, not a commandment from on high.
May I humble request that only plain text attachments should be posted. This safe guards everyone against
from accidental viruses been added to the email in transit.
Perhaps this should have been on the CoC for everyone’s safety.
Thank you.
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Werner Heisenberg is driving down the autobahn. A police officer pulls him over. The officer says, "Excuse me, sir, do you know how fast you were going?" "No," replies Dr. Heisenberg, "but I know where I am."
Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a building as being maintenance -- Jim Horning
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