On Monday 08 March 2004 8:36 pm, Jim Maul wrote:
> > Quoting John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > This brings up an interesting point. I've never seen a legitimate file
> > > on a windows box with two or more 3-character extensions. Would it be a
> > > bad assumption to make?
> >
> > Yes. Because not all machines are windows machines. Because the e-mail
> > may just be going through the windows box on its way elsewhere. Because
> > people make mistakes (save their word file as file.doc so it becomes
> > file.doc.doc, etc).
>
> Windows hiding file extensions for known file types by default is a huge
> cause of multiple file extensions. I really hate that microsoft has done
> this.
True (and I agree with the criticism of Microsoft for this "feature"), however
I don't believe that any filtering system needs to look at anything other
than the final extension - since that is what Windows will pay attention to
if the user double-clicks on the file attachment. What comes before the
final extension is irrelevant, and could be anything from "a" to
"gif.jpg.pif.com.doc.scr.wav.avi.mpg".
Antony.
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