> Windows mailer programs don't decode > and run inserted UUENCODED programs automatically, do they?
They decode them, yes. > Doesn't a > Windows user have to resort to a multi-step process to decode and run > an inserted UUENCODED program? To decode, no; to run, open the attachment. > I know that some Windows email clients > can decode and run MIME attachments automatically, but what about > inserted UUENCODED attachments? Handled by Outlook, Outlook Express (plus Pegasus, Netscape and Eudora at least IIRC) in exactly the same way as any other attachment,. It shows up as an icon to be clicked. > Furthermore, I cannot understand why any computer user would be so > stupid as to use any email client program that is provided with a > "feature" to decode and open any executable attachments automatically. What on earth are you on about? You'd rather everyone used an e-mail client that didn't decode attachments at all, forcing you to copy the relevant section out of the message and run it through a relevant decoder? Who said anything about this thing opening automatically, anyway? It's an executable file, attached to the message; since it starts www and ends .com, most idiot users will think it's a link to a web site, and will click on it. And what does Windows do when you click on an executable? Regards, Ben A L Jemmett. (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/) To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
