[MacPerl] Attachments (was: Password Dialog)

[Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com>]

> >I would just like to say that I don't really appreciate to see files
> >attached to messages on the list. How do others feel about this, and what
>
w e b s l a v e:
> Well, in this case it was something I really wanted, so I was happy to
> get it ;) but normally I wouldn't want attachments. A url is fine with

generally


Oh, and feel free to submit nifty scripts, modules, code fragments, etc to
the Code contributions area on the MacPerl Pages
http://www.ptf.com/macperl/depts/share.html.  We'll post them on the site
(a central location) and put them on the next CD (with your permission, of
course).

> or email to the person requesting it...

except of course that then the rest of us don't know about it!

Dennis Little:
> I do favor allowing long messages which would give room for a reasonably
> long message as well as a script in text format to be posted.  I don't

My preference would be for scripts to be included as part of the message
itself; this being a Perl list I hope we're not sharing binary only files
:-) and this would allow me to ensure that the script doesn't get separated
from the message at some point in time!

For those who pay for email storage and delivery (or have slow modems), how
long _is_ too long for a message? (I'm not a good person to have an opinion
on this).

> I personally favor not allowing enclosures as they can contain
> nasty things like the 9805 worm or other.

Which is the "9805 worm"?

My understanding of enclosures is that text enclosures may harbor MS macro
viruses.  Enclosures sent through MS Outlook/Outlook Express, or Netscape
Navigator clients __on PCs or Solaris__ could trigger a Mime tag problem if
you haven't updated your client.  Binary enclosures are subject to all the
standard virus warnings, etc...

- Vicki
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