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Russ Hunt <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:06:18 AST4ADT
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Strikes me that it's probably worth reassessing the need to allow
attachments.  There are lots of alternatives, and people would find
them if the list simply refused to accept attachments.  Hoping for
"educated subscribers" is, well, a fairly desperate strategy . . .

                                  -- Russ

> On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Jon Gear wrote:
>
> > But I need to allow attachments.
>
> Then your best defense against virused attachments is educated
> subscribers who know enough not to open unrequested attachments.
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