At 6:04 PM -0400 2004-09-24, Robby Griffin wrote:

Because leaving it as a ".doc" file is dangerous.

Get real. It changes the extension not because .doc files are dangerous but because the sender simply failed to use Mailman's idea of the proper MIME type for a .doc file.

Leaving it as a ".doc" file when the MIME bodypart type does not match the claimed extension *is* dangerous.


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