On Wed, 05 Jan 2000 16:28:02 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
> OK, I went there and collected some GIF files.
> Now I need a genius to tell me how to write a signature *script* of some
> sort which will always attach those GIFs in the signature portion of my
> messages. <G> I'd try embedding them, but from what some MS users have
> told me in the past, they can't view embedded stuff in their mail.
Hello L.D.,
They probably *can* read embedded GIFs in their mail, but their bosses
don't *allow* them to open any embedded file. Out of fear of letting
a virus escape into the system, many corporations have a policy of not
allowing their employees to open embedded attachments.
There is a clever work-around. Just don't send the GIFs as embedded
attachments to email. Send them simply as ascii text by use of UUENCODE.
The recipient can then UUDECODE the ascii text files and then view the GIF's
with his browser or some other graphics file viewer. This way the recipient
can remain in compliance with management policies that prohibit the opening
of embedded attachments.
UUENCODE will convert almost any binary file to ascii text. UUDECODE will
convert the UUENCODED ascii text file to binary.
To stay out of trouble we should endeavor to observe rules, regulations, and
policies. Simply working around the rules is not the same as violating
them. Every smart-alec lawyer who knows how to win a case would agree with
me on that point <g>.
Sam Heywood
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