Re: [libreoffice-website] Idea: LibreOffice Mail Attachment Service

I agree with Christian on all points.

On 7 Mar 2011 16:18, "Christian Lohmaier" <lohmaier+ooofuture@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Florian, *,
>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Florian Effenberger
> <floeff@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> > Christoph Noack wrote on 2011-03-05 22.27:
> > > [Handling attachments proposal]
> >
> > thanks for the proposal, and sorry for me being the bad guy here, but: I
> > would not do this out of several reasons.
>
> Oh, nothing that cannot be solved..
>
> > First, it requires backup space. We just had to invest in larger hard
disks
> > for our regular backups, and offering users to upload files will require
> > more space, thus costs more money.
>
> No - why would you need backups for this? - It is not a file storage,
> it is explicitly temporary, for convenience of communicating. Add a
> statement "the attachments can be deleted anytime..." The initial
> proposal included an explicit expiry period, but you could also have
> it by disk-quota or whatever.
>
> > Second, it brings liability risks. What if someone uploads illegal stuff?
>
> We already store the plaintext mails, that can contain illegal stuff as
well.
> > What if it's copyrighted material?
>
> What if someone paste's HarryPotter into the mails and sends it off to the
list?
> For images, we might get in touch with the folks from frupic, maybe
> they would be OK to upload images to their site...
>
> But for other filetypes the choices where you can upload stuff without
> the burden of having to endure either a countdown before you can
> download/use the file or have tons of advertisement banners are
> basically non-existent, are they?
>
> > What if we lose the files and someone
> > thinks we can be held liable?
>
> What if someone complains that you make his/her email and personal
> details sent in a mail public?
>
> So I don't see this any different. As you mention, the same is true
> for the wiki.
>
> > [dumb users who won't read and complain]
>
> You'll always have those.. And yes, if people complain, someone of the
> maintenance team can delete the file.
> It is again nothing different from the actual content of a mail in my
> opinion - the difference with the mail-body itself is that you cannot
> delete it, as it is added to various archives and you cannot delete it
> at all.
>
> > So, as nice as the idea is, I think it would bring more issues than it
> > helps..
>
> I don't see it that pessimistic.
>
> ciao
> Christian
>
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