[gmx-developers] Mails rejected with "The message's content type was not explicitly allowed"

[Rossen Apostolov]

On 2012-08-21 22.08, Szilárd Páll wrote:
> I'm quite puzzled why is the gmx-users still rejecting non-plain text 
> messages. There has not been a single opinion in favor of keeping the 
> mailing list crippled.

Erik wrote already in this thread why he changed the setting.

>
> So  once again, Rossen (or someone else with the appropriate 
> credentials), please revert the setting!

Check with him on that.

Rossen

>
> --
> Szilárd
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Berk Hess <hess at kth.se 
> <mailto:hess at kth.se>> wrote:
>
>     On 07/20/2012 01:55 PM, Justin Lemkul wrote:
>
>
>
>         On 7/19/12 6:56 PM, Mark Abraham wrote:
>
>             On 5/07/2012 11:24 PM, Rossen Apostolov wrote:
>
>                 Dear all,
>
>                 Recently the Gromacs mailing lists have been used for
>                 sending spam and
>                 viruses, and thus now only plain text messages are
>                 accepted.
>
>                 If you have received rejected mails saying "The
>                 message's content type was not
>                 explicitly allowed" it means that you have used in
>                 your mail special styles or
>                 formatting (e.g. bold typeface, colors etc.).
>
>                 Check your email client settings about how to send
>                 messages as plain text,
>                 e.g. in GMail make sure to click on "Compose -> Plain
>                 Text". Check also
>                 whether a formatted signature is added.
>
>                 Attachments are also not allowed but you could include
>                 links for downloads.
>
>                 Rossen
>
>
>
>             Bump.
>
>             I'm happy banning attachments (there's lots of free upload
>             space out there), but
>             think that explicitly requiring plain text email is a
>             significant barrier to
>             participation. Some web mail clients don't permit a
>             non-HTML mime type - that's
>             not our fault but we have to live in that jungle. Some
>             people will walk away
>             without bothering to find out if they can configure plain
>             text email. Others
>             will judge the technical competence of the team on their
>             ability to run the
>             mailing list. If we need to outsource it somewhere, we
>             should do that.
>
>             Mark
>
>
>
>         I agree with Mark here.  It seems to me that traffic to the
>         list has been down for a couple of weeks relative to normal,
>         but there may be other factors for that.  What I do know is
>         that I'm getting increasing amounts of emails to my personal
>         inbox starting with "I can't post to the Gromacs list, so I'm
>         sending this to you..." That's an increased burden I'm not
>         willing to bear.  I'm all for community contributions (you all
>         know that ;) but as soon as it becomes my responsibility to
>         handle Gromacs issues, I'm less inclined.
>
>         -Justin
>
>     I think everyone agrees that we need to accept html mails.
>
>     The question is if we need some filter and when Rossen, or someone
>     else, has time to fix this.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Berk
>
>
>
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