Sorry, Bob, your considerations are considerate but I decidedly want to
second Tibor: it deserves them right. It is the pesting, inconsiderate
arrogance use of proprietary attachment format with eMail which has been
instrumental for the rapid spread of certain types of "viruses". Sure,
besides of being instrumental these people are instrumentalised
("innocently" ?) too; and not only by that one predominant firm
but there's the "market" pressure too (though who on earth is that ?),
pushing in this direction, etc. etc. - but still that's not enough to
explain ignorance or even outright "techno-racism" (as I call it).
Who forced them to send me a 180-KB "attachment" instead of the 4 KB
of the message text contained ? And when asked friendly (after all, it's
*my* connection time I have to pay for when I download my mail) to use
the button or a key press to avoid such outrage, they reply with insults.
Sorry, no pitty, they deserve all those "Melissas" and other crap.
Only that I'm afraid that this newest craze will only turn the screw
once more in the wrong direction; obligatory (and unwitting)
ID-detection, best with some privately licensed "proprietary" email
format as "standard", or whatever more "secure" madness one could
think of.
// Heimo Claasen // <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> // Brussels 2000-05-07
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