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Hi there
When inserting an image into a post it's nearly instant. But if inserting an attachment (I just did this with a very tiny TXT file) I am seeing an indication of "Queued".
I'm assuming it's waiting in some queue, which seems reasonable, but is this somethiing akin to the avatars? Where we have to wait for a forum moderator to approve it?
advTHANKSance... Rick
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it's an automagic process, not like the avatars which i understand is manual. probably scanning for virii...
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I wondered the same thing after doing a test with a small *.mov file last night.
The answer I got—posited by Dave Milbut and which makes sense—is that it was put in a queue to be scanned for malware.
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Thanks all!
Interesting. I've never known a TXT file to cause issues.
Then again, I suppose someone could theoretically rename something very malicious with an innocuous TXT extension. Can't fathom how that would do harm though as something would have to execute it.
Cheers... Rick
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All attached files get scanned. Doesn't matter what they are. Reasonable precaution in a weird world.