We should just do away with attachments altogether with this logic. That
way, no one would have to make a decision whether to open an attachment or
not. Shielding a user's bad habits from this particular exploit only gives
them a false sense of security in the future. Likewise, most users who need
to make data backups only do so after losing a considerable amount of time
and data. Those same users also tend to be the most diligent at protecting
their investment in that data in the future after their loss. What better
way to teach the masses of haphazard attachment clickers than by the nasty
result of their actions? Since learning by example/instruction is not
quite working for this group. Sure, you may have to clean up their
mess, but you'll never have to worry about that user again. And think of
all their colleagues they will influence..."You lost how much work?".
John Wuorenmaa
Sys Admin
Berkeley Language Center
2-0767 x17
At 03:45 PM 3/2/2004 -0800, Tom Holub wrote:
>I would vote for completely dropping the messages. People are confused
>enough about this whole virus problem, and there's very little legitimate
>reason to send .zip attachments.
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