Subj : Re: ILOVEYOU
To   : Brian May
From : Jasen Betts
Date : Mon May 22 2000 02:49 pm

 BM> For instance, I have had somebody mention, if you received a MIME
 BM> attachment called ".profile", ".cshrc", or ".bashrc", and
 BM> automatically saved it to disk (yes, you would have to be stupid,
 BM> but say it appeared to come from a trusted friend...), you may
 BM> have serious problems (the file depends on what shell you use).

[it depends what shell...] .profile's fairly global, so's .login

you could always save them to a different directory :)

 BM> The problem is that the "view" operation, can, in some cases, be
 BM> an "execute" operation. Personally, I *never* *ever* want to
 BM> execute an attachment, and I prefer mail programs that let me (a)
 BM> always see what I have been sent, and (b) without danger of trying
 BM> to execute it.

yeah,  when I open my car. I don't expenct it to run and take me for a ride.

 BM> PS: I may not be around to respond to replies.

No prob, I'm writing to all anyhow.

 -=> Bye <=-

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