Fw: [plug][protocol] no attachments please

[Bret Busby]

On 23 Aug 2002, Tim Bowden wrote:

> 
> Perhaps I have not followed this thread closely enough, but what is the
> problem with attachments?  Besides the odd virus which will only affect
> a very small minority of windows users that don't have adequate
> protection, for the life of me I cannot see the problem.  As Leon
> demonstrated with his pppd attachments they have their uses.  If you can
> handle 'necessary' attachments then why are 'unnecessary' attachments a
> problem?
> 
> Regarding signed postings- if someone thinks it is necessary or
> desirable to sign their own mail, who has the right to complain?  Is a
> signed message so hard to handle?
> 
> Tim Bowden
> 
> 
> 

The response is simple; if you do not have copies of all of the 
messages, read the messages in the archive. (I have seen similar 
responses to queries, previously on the list)

No good will come from reviving all the arguments again - it has already 
been discussed ad nauseum, on the list.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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- Douglas Adams, 1988
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