s. keeling wrote: > No, I assume people have half a brain in their heads, look at the > attachment type, maybe save it to a file and inspect it, then maybe > look at it or delete it. Too much work? Whether it's too much work or not, most non-geeks I know don't bother.
> Okay, slap a lot of autoload > crap in your .mailcap and watch your system disappear. You don't > _have_ to look at an attachment if you don't trust it. I know, but if it looks like a text document to a newbie, they probably would open it anyway. I'm just suggesting that it should be harder for them to shoot themselves in the foot i.e. by making .desktop's have the x bit before they can be launched. -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>++++$L++++$*-- P+>++$ L+++(++++)$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e->++++ h* r? z* ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ David Mandelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]