I agree that e-mail should be to exclusively used to write plain text, full stop. Nobody sends VHS cassettes or DVDs "attached" to post letters. But I would be making a lot of people upset by calling them dumb automatically any time I get > 1MB file e-mail file from them... unfortunately this is a very common habit. They send you movies, power point files and other gigantic, useless things. But, still, they are friends.
Though, I think using cwm and obsd should be enough. Also, if you're using obsd, you _must_ be already very well aware of all these things. I don't think the average obsd user clicks randomly or executes blindly script files attached to e-mails. Pau 2009/2/19 KammyDoe <[email protected]>: >>>Complex ones like procmail can even autorespond to dipshits who are >>dumb >>> enough or rude enough to send files as attachments. > > I wouldn't say it were dumb or rude to send files as attachments, just to be > wary of them. Unless you can verify what it is, then just don't open it, > really. > > Of course, email isn't the best way to transfer files but it is still handy > to be able to. > > Lars NoodC)n wrote: >> >> KammyDoe wrote: >>> >>> You've already said what needs to be said, don't save-and-open email >>> attachments... >> >> Actually there are a lot of milters that can remove all the attachments >> for you automatically. >> >> Complex ones like procmail can even autorespond to dipshits who are dumb >> enough or rude enough to send files as attachments. >> >> Regards >> -Lars > > -- Let there be peace on earth. And let it begin with misc
