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Date:	Sun, 29 Oct 2000 08:59:47 -0500
From:	Dave Tweed <dtweed AT acm DOT org>
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To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Bat Out of ???
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david rust wrote:
> Heck - if you think people would get upset about the 60 second wav I sent
> out  - what do you think would have happened if I sent the whole thing!
> Talk about monopolizing their bandwidth. They'd be downloading their mail
> all night. Well I'm outta here "Like a bat outta heck" -*
> 
> *Original title of Meatloaf's Album "Bat Out Of H***" had to be censored in
> this message as it was bounced back with the following message
> 
> " Your message was rejected by delorie.com for the following reason:
> Hey, offensive language ("h***") is not allowed.  <dj AT delorie DOT com>
> "

Hmm. Given that the list is at least robo-moderated, I wonder if DJ
couldn't set it up to strip all attachments before sending them out.
I've seen this done on other lists. Then you'd have been saved the
embarassment.

A bonus feature would be to set aside, say, 10 MB of space on his
web server to use as a sort of cache for such attachments, then
tack a URL that points to the attachment to the end of the message
for those people who *would* like to see/hear the attachment anyway.

This would solve Pat's HTML problem as well.

-- Dave Tweed

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