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Message-ID: <1079728498.14280.27.camel@linus.calgary.chartwelltechnology.com> From: ksmith at chartwelltechnology.com (Kenton Smith) Subject: NEVER open attachments I have to say that I have no idea what you are talking about, I never see any email as attachments. Could it be your email client or server (you're using Outlook Express apparently, so that could be it)? Kenton On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 12:27, VB wrote: > NEVER open attachments > > > Isnt this what we have been taught? haven't we tried to pound this simple > rule into the heads of our users? Do we not practice what we preach? then > why do several users of this list only send messages and replies as > attachments? > I'm sure > Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>, Nico Golde, Frank Knobbe, > et al have wonderful things to say and contribute great things to this list, > but i have never read anything they post because they post as attachments. > Yes, granted, they are .txt attachments but that is no excuse as it's just a > matter of time before they are exploited. In fact, they have been exploited, > one can pad spaces after the .txt to hide the true extension of a malicious > file. more .txt exploits are probably just around teh corner. > So, why do these folks post attachments? Why is this even permitted? I would > love to hear what these people have to say, but i cannot break my own rule > to find out. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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