On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Ivan Krstić wrote:
I'd find mobile e-mail just as useful if it went through a proxy that stripped out _everything_ that's not plaintext. I open attachments on my phone about once in a blue moon, and wouldn't miss the ability if it were gone.

As a postscript, it appears this type of proxy is exactly what's been set up:

    "To minimize the risk, the government technology gurus
     have made it impossible to forward e-mail messages from
     the president or to send him attachments, people
     informed about the precautions say."
     -- <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/us/politics/01obama.html>

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Ivan Krstić <krs...@solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu> | http://radian.org

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