Michael Collette wrote:

>One of the problems with this discussion is that there really isn't a 
>"standard" for this exactly.  The mbox format at best could be described as 
>a fairly common format that most folks seemed to agree upon.
>
>[...] There's just no spec or 
>RFC that's been written to really nail down exactly what mbox is.
>
FYI: <http://www.jwz.org/doc/content-length.html>

BTW: <http://www.jwz.org/doc/> has other interesting docs as well.

>Personally, I don't ever want my E-Mail client to launch anything ever.
>
What about MS Word files?

In that case, it might be more secure, but most users probably don't 
want that inconvience it brings.

I agree for executables. Unfortunately, they are "Launch"able from the 
download window as well now, I think.

>The vast majority of dialog boxes a user is presented through the day are 
>informational, or just plain useless. [...] After a while, users get desensitized 
>to them.
>
Agreed. Note that new popups have been proposed in this discussion, too.

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