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

[Erik Lindahl]

Hi,

I don't have anything against HTML mails at all, but after several complaints by Uppsala IT admins about catching viruses and spam that got through the list by increasingly smart tricks, the obvious solution was to disable it so we simply did not have to worry about getting mail shut down.

Right this minute the webserver on the mail machine is down, but I am perfectly fine with somebody configuring the webserver to make sure it works well with HTML and gmail - provided that person goes through it in detail and makes sure there are no loopholes that suddenly re-enable spam or viruses.  Berk & Rossen should have the password - I'll be a bit busy and traveling over the weekend!

Cheers,

Erik

On Aug 23, 2012, at 2:59 AM, Berk Hess <hess at kth.se> wrote:

> On 08/23/2012 08:45 AM, Rossen Apostolov wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
> I think most of us agree on not allowing attachments.
> But not allowing html makes quickly replying to the mailing list cumbersome,
> which makes the mailing list less useful, as less people will reply.
> All developers, except for Erik who didn't veto it either, are in favor of allowing
> html content. So I would ask to allow html content again.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Berk
>>> 
>>> 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> 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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>> 
>> 
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