full-disclosure - NEVER open attachments

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From: lscharf at aoe.vt.edu (Luke Scharf)
Subject: NEVER open attachments

On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 21:50, Steve Menard wrote:
> Troy wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:27:56 +0100, "Frank de Wit" <frankdewit@...e.nl> wrote:
> >
> >If you were to switch email clients, you wouldn't have this problem.
> >Even if you went to Outlook, you could read their messages without
> >opening attachments.
> >
> But that [outlook] entails paying
> BIG BUCKS to some
> large monopoly
> 
> many persons find that repugnant

You already paid big bucks to that monopoly for Outlook Express.  The
cost was just hidden with the cost of your computer.

If you really find that repugnant, install Debian.  See
http://www.debian.org for more information.

-Luke

-- 
Luke Scharf, Systems Administrator
Virginia Tech Aerospace and Ocean Engineering