posix_fallocate(2)

[Brandon Gooch]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:33 AM,  <mdf at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Mailing list ate my attachment.
>
> See http://people.freebsd.org/~mdf/check_posix_fallocate.c .
>
> As an aside, when I post from gmail.com to the mailing lists, I don't
> see a copy of my message.  Is this a feature of the litserv, where it
> doesn't mail it back to the originator, or a "feature" of gmail where
> it tries to be clever?  The problem is that when the list eats an
> attachment I don't know until someone takes the time to email me, and
> I'd rather be able to tell immediately.
>
> Thanks,
> matthew
>

Could it be the mailing list options?

From:

http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/node42.html

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-Brandon