In Mailman, scrubbing an attachment means that the attachment is stored in a mailing list's archive (if one exists), and is removed from the original email before it is sent to all the list members. This helps to prevent waste of resources caused by multiple copies of attachments.
To configure your mailing list to accept (or scrub) attachments, follow these instructions:
If you configure your mailing list to scrub attachments, any attachments subsequently sent will be held in the list's archives (if they exist), and members would need to visit the archive to see the attachment (details would be given in the message from which the attachment was taken). They would need to know their list members' password to do this. If a mailing list does not keep an archive, attachments in emails would be refused.
PLEASE NOTE that it is widely considered Bad Practice to send attachments to mailing lists, because of the duplication that occurs (this would waste a great deal of storage space if attachments were sent to large mailing lists). It's far better to store the document in an online location and provide a web link to it in your message.
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