Wes:
Thanks for the contrary opinion. It is also contrary to the policies of this
group. As I understand it, Sun's policy for this group is:
NO ATTACHMENTS.
The problem is, in this popular group, some newer members have not read the
fine print. The policy is often overlooked. This discussion goes on every
month.
(Then there is the problem of viruses that post themselves to the group and
those that hide in doc files.)
Here is another contrary opinion: Un-enforced policies are not policies.
Enforcing this policy will not frustrate anyone's ability to express their
excellent ideas -- there are better options even for complex presentation
needs.
Sun could easily filter attachments at the server, enforce their policy, and
put an end to this ongoing need to discuss, ad nauseam, what anyone that
reads the group policies would know.
May we politely ask Sun to enforce their "no attachments" policy by
filtering attachments?
Phil
p.s. Do you really think your virus detection software is so good as to
anticipate viruses yet developed?
-----Original Message-----
From: Williams, Wes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: Check this - annoying
>To offer a contrary opinion, I greatly appreciate the architecture diagram
>that was posted. Please continue posting such attachments. Those who are
>unsure or do not have virus detection -- just don't open them.
>
>Thank you,
>Wes Williams
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: greg [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 9:01 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: Check this - annoying
>>
>> I am not normally inclined to post anything to a list server, but I will
>> say that the sending of attachments and then the numerous warnings about
>> the attachments is more then annoying. Since there are people who either
>> have systems which are prone to automatically open attachments or they
>> have
>> no self control about not opening attachments, I suggest very strongly
>> that
>> no attachments be allowed on this list server. Though I am not a
>> postmaster
>> I do believe a simple scanning and removal of all mail containing
>> attachments is very possible.
>>
>> Thank you for you time.
>>
>> Greg Boswell
>>
>> "If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashes... Oh, wait!
He
>> does!"
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