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Message-ID: <20040320105638.GL327@ngolde.de>
From: nion at gmx.net (Nico Golde)
Subject: NEVER open attachments

Hallo Jeremiah,

* Jeremiah Cornelius <jeremiah@....net> [2004-03-20 11:03]:
> > 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. 
> 
> The blinking signing is so that you CAN trust the source!  Assuming you have
> verified the sender's key and trust them for safe practices, open
> attachments 'till you get RSI!  The NEVER OPEN rule is a dogma for
> unverified senders - you /knew/ that.

i think the philosophy of never open attachments is only true if your
mailer sucks.
regards nico
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