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=== Q: Why don't you allow binary Attachments? === | === Q: Why don't you allow binary Attachments? === | ||
Answer: The are dangerous. | Answer: The are dangerous because file extensions can lie, masking a malicious program as a benign binary file. | ||
=== Q: What is with the hierarchy? (mozilla.dev.* versus mozilla.community.* ) === | === Q: What is with the hierarchy? (mozilla.dev.* versus mozilla.community.* ) === | ||
Revision as of 03:51, 9 November 2012
This is a draft document, per bug 332799
Introduction
Mozilla Discussion Forums exist as mailing lists as well as newsgroups. NNTP is a different beast than straight email, and over the years questions come up on how we use it at Mozilla. Below is the aggregate.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Why don't you allow binary Attachments?
Answer: The are dangerous because file extensions can lie, masking a malicious program as a benign binary file.
Q: What is with the hierarchy? (mozilla.dev.* versus mozilla.community.* )
Answer: Different hierarchies are meant to direct the conversation around specific topics. Dev.* is for development discussion, while Support.* is for support questions from end users. This allows us to have separate conversations for different audiences (mozilla.dev.apps.firefox vs mozilla.support.firefox).
Q: Why we don't propogate NNTP
Answer: Because Giganews.
Q: Should I mirror news.mozilla.org?
Answer: Nope.
Reporting Problems
Please <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=mozilla.org&component=Discussion%20Forums">file a bug</a>.