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Re: ADMINISTRIVIA: size limit for gdb* mailing list messages?
- To: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: ADMINISTRIVIA: size limit for gdb* mailing list messages?
- From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:24:20 -0700
- References: <20010723131738.A2872@redhat.com>
On Jul 23, 1:17pm, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Given the recent spate of viruses showing up here, I'd like to limit the
> sizes of messages to the gdb mailing lists.
>
> Any thoughts on limitations to the size of messages to the gdb mailing
> lists?
>
> gcc has a 400K limit. I think that is a little high for a non-patches
> mailing list.
>
> How about 150K for gdb and 400K for gdb-patches and gdb-prs?
I think 400k for gdb-patches is too low.
Here are some other ideas on how to combat the problem:
1) Hold messages above a certain size for moderator approval.
2) Only allow large messages from mailing list subscribers.
Kevin