On September 25, 1998 at 14:03, "John R. LoVerso" wrote:
> > To resolve the Eudora problem, the best solution is to fix Eudora.
> > If not possible, check the filter options to the various filters
> > documented in the MIMEFILTERS page for possible work-arounds on
> > the MHonArc side.
>
> Being that 2.3 supports it, can't you just make "usenameext" the default
> option for the application/octet-stream filter? This is much more likely
> to stop this question from being asked over and over than ho
No, it will never be the default. "usenameext" opens create a security
hole. For example, I can send a message with a filename of ".htpasswd".
--ewh
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