R help - Oct 2013 - May I send a zip attachment to a post?

May I send a .zip file attached to a post?




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On Oct 21, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Hurr wrote:
> May I send a .zip file attached to a post?
No.

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David Winsemius
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:51 PM, David Winsemius
<dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
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> On Oct 21, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Hurr wrote:
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>> May I send a .zip file attached to a post?
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> No.
 That's not explicit from the posting guide:

"No binary attachments except for PS, PDF, and some image and archive
formats "

 you have to click through to the General Instructions to see:

"Furthermore, most binary e-mail attachments are not accepted, i.e.,
they are removed from the posting completely. As an exception, we
allow application/pdf, application/postscript, and image/png (and
x-tar and gzip on R-devel)."

Maybe the posting guide should be more explicit - not that anyone reads it...

Barry