Wow, a debate! ;-} On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 10:36, Tolkin, Steve wrote: > I almost never open an attachment, > unless it comes from a known and trusted source, > and I am expecting an attachment. > This is an antivirus measure.
I agree in the general concept of hesitating. However, reading the email usually, IMHO, makes it fairly plain if an attachment is intended to be there by the sender; particularly to a list like this, where the contents of the attachment are discussed in the email. Of course, I'm also reading my email on a Linux box. While this is certainly not risk free, I am much less worried about email viruses - if I'm unsure about an email I just view the source and review the attachment as is before deciding on an action. I also digitally sign my emails, which I wish more people took advantage of. I don't know of a virus yet that can fake a gpg signature. If my key isn't trusted by you and your interested in my attachment, you could always just contact me directly for verification (of either the attachment or the key). Hey yeah. BTW, anyone want to get to the next meeting early and do some key signing? > So unfortunately I never get to read the posts certain by certain > people, e.g. Sean Quinlan, because for some reason their > posts become an attachment. Because I choose to make it an attachment. Personally I find this far preferable. I like being able to save attachments to a file if I want to play with it without having to do any cutting and pasting; particularly since email programs have a bad habit of mangling code. And my email client allows me the option of viewing text attachments in-line if I want to scan it first. Again, this is just my 2 cents. I'm sorry you don't get to look at my code (assuming of course anyone is actually interested in the first place! =P ). Frankly though, if I have to go open it in an editor and cut and paste entire programs into my emails, you probably wont ever see it anyway unfortunately. Thanks, -- Sean Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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