Hallo VB, * VB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-20 11:03]: > Isnt this what we have been taught? haven't we tried to pound this simple > rule into the heads of our users? Do we not practice what we preach? then > why do several users of this list only send messages and replies as > attachments?
because this is when you sign you message with gpg and you don't use inline signing. > I'm sure > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nico Golde, Frank Knobbe, > et al have wonderful things to say and contribute great things to this list, > but i have never read anything they post because they post as attachments. i hope you can read the message, if i don't sign it. but i think it depends on your mailer. i never heard about this problem from people who don't use outlook(like you too). > Yes, granted, they are .txt attachments but that is no excuse as it's just a > matter of time before they are exploited. In fact, they have been exploited, > one can pad spaces after the .txt to hide the true extension of a malicious > file. more .txt exploits are probably just around teh corner. oh god, you never used gpg. > So, why do these folks post attachments? Why is this even permitted? I would > love to hear what these people have to say, but i cannot break my own rule > to find out. try to use another mailer. if many people here have the same problem i will not sign my mails in the future to this mailinglist in the hope that all can read my mails. regards nico -- Nico Golde | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ngolde.de | GnuPG Key: http://www.ngolde.de/gpg/nico_golde.gpg Fingerprint | FF46 E565 5CC1 E2E5 3F69 C739 1D87 E549 7364 7CFF echo "[q]sa[ln0=aln256%Pln256/snlbx]sb729901041524823122snlbxq"|dc _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
