[rt-users] To drop or to truncate? And how do you delete anattachment?

[Adolfo Santiago]

Good point.  And if I'm limiting the incoming mail to 1.5 megs (at the
server), RT shouldn't see anything bigger than that, so it's a moot point to
do anything about it in RT.

Thanks!

Chago

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> [mailto:rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com]On Behalf Of Rich
> Lafferty
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 10:55 PM
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> Subject: Re: [rt-users] To drop or to truncate? And how do you delete
> anattachment?
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 10:07:28PM -0500, Adolfo Santiago
> <mailbag at anothernet.com> wrote:
> > What's the consensus?  Does it make more sense to delete
> attachments that
> > exceed the MaxAttachmentSize?  Or is it better just to drop
> them?  If they
> > are dropped, will I know about it?
>
> The standard response to mail that cannot be processed is to return
> a bounce message telling the sender that delivery failed.
>
> (On the Internet I would add to this that it is important to scan the
> incoming mail for viruses, so that you are not sending virus
> notifications, because the sender of email-borne viruses is typically
> forged.)
>
>   -Rich
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