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

[Rossen Apostolov]

I agree too, it is indeed very inconvenient!

Google apps seems to be a good idea, shall we go with that?

Rossen

On 7/5/12 7:19 PM, Roland Schulz wrote:
> I agree with Szilard. This is very inconvenient. If we don't have the
> time to install spam and virus scanners, I suggest we use a hosted
> solution. E.g. we could use Google Apps and forward the mails to
> mailman only after Google has scanned the incoming mails for spam and
> viruses.
>
> Roland
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Szilárd Páll <szilard.pall at cbr.su.se> wrote:
>> I'm not an expert in fighting spam, but I wonder if this is really an
>> adequate solution. AFAIK a spam filter is what's meant to solve such
>> problems.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> --
>> Szilárd
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Rossen Apostolov <rossen at kth.se> 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
>>>
>>> --
>>> gmx-developers mailing list
>>> gmx-developers at gromacs.org
>>> http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-developers
>>> Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the
>>> www interface or send it to gmx-developers-request at gromacs.org.
>> --
>> gmx-developers mailing list
>> gmx-developers at gromacs.org
>> http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-developers
>> Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the
>> www interface or send it to gmx-developers-request at gromacs.org.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>