The question is can a virus hide in embedded text, or not. What people believe does not give it any more or less truth. Rich in LA CA
--- On Thu, 2/24/11, Paul Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paul Gray <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Plain Text was "Living Flag" in Legacy Gedcom export > file > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 6:27 PM > Sherry, > > Understood. Actually I post in plain text, I was looking > for confirmation of what was considered an attachment. > > While I understand your position (don't necessarily agree > with it, but that's not the issue), I must say that I don't > believe most users would classify an embedded image such as > one for a signature file as an attachment. Perhaps the > guidelines could be tweaked to specify 'no attachments or > embedded images'. > > Paul Gray > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: February-24-11 7:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Plain Text was "Living Flag" in > Legacy Gedcom export file > > Paul, > > If an email program is set to receive emails in plain text > only, then > the graphics are stripped out and are received as > attachments. > > So yes, embedded images can be considered as an > attachment. > > We have users from all over the world and many of them have > limited > internet access or on dial-up. HTML messages are > considerably larger > than plain text, especially if they contain graphics and > animations. > > Please be considerate of those users by using only very > basic HTML if > you don't want to or can't switch to plain text. > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Paul Gray <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ron, > > > > An interesting point. I guess an imbedded image might > be considered an attachment ( I never have thought of them > that way), but I am sure most non technical computer users > would interpret an attachment to be a totally separate file > outside of the body of an e-mail. Not sure whether Millenia > considers it an attachment. > > > > But, as Dennis and you have noted, members always free > to block the messages. > > > > Paul Gray > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 > 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 > 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
