[ih] Meta: attachment policy (was Re: clever usc creation)

[Carl Malamud]

Well, if we’re going to walk the walk and do Internet History the right way
we should go totally 7-bit.  I vote that in addition to attachments, we ban
Unicode.

On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM Andrew Sullivan via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> While there are doubtless many issues with Internet Society systems that
> can be laid at their (and depending on the age, my) feet, this is just a
> matter of list policy. AFAIK this list doesn’t allow attachments.
> Attachments make it through Internet Society mail systems just fine.
>
> Best regards ,
>
> A
> —
> Andrew Sullivan
> Please excuse my clumbsy thums
>
> > On Jul 2, 2026, at 19:36, Karl Auerbach via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> >
> > Well apparently image attachments don't make it through  the ISOC mail
> systems.
> >
> > Here is a link to the photo I mentioned...
> >
> > https://cavebear.com/images/misc/steve-and-eve.jpg
> >
> >> On 7/2/26 12:20 PM, Karl Auerbach via Internet-history wrote:
> >> I am so very thrilled to see Steve Casner in this collection.
> >>
> >> He and I worked very closely together for several years and after that
> he and his wife Karen used to come over to our house for gatherings and to
> attend plays at Santa Cruz Shakespeare.
> >>
> >> I never had an conversation with Steve Casner that did not leave me
> more educated and informed than I had been before.  In my mind there is a
> tie for the prize of "nicest person on the Internet" between Steve Casner
> and John Romkey.
> >>
> >> I don't know if it is appropriate on this list to include a photo (Of
> Steve C and Eve S - [and Dave Crocker and I believe the back of Bob
> Hinden's head] , but here it goes...  (This was taken at the Computer
> History Museum event for Danny Cohen.)
> >>
> >>         --karl--
> >>
> >>> On 7/2/26 8:01 AM, vinton cerf via Internet-history wrote:
> >>>
> https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/06/for-americas-250th-we-created-commemorative-stamps-of-trojan-builders/
> >>>
> >>> v
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