Re: [MacPerl] Attachments (was: Password Dialog)

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

At 5:39 PM -0500 8/6/98, Mark Manning/Muniz Eng. wrote:

} New York Times Web page talked about the virus which can be
} run from within a  Netscape program.  One of those things
} which tends to make people leery (sp?) of accepting attached
} files. :-)

If you're talking about the MIME type buffer overflow problem, then one
should note that there are no recorded exploits so far on any platform.  I
view the hysteria and worry as proper punishment for people who use
browsers as e-mail clients :-)




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