On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 12:11:16PM -0400, Mike Mueller wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 September 2003 02:05, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > Seems
> > like about the only way we're going to get a reasonable handle on this
> > barring ISPs refusing to carry executables in email format.
> 
> Hear! Hear!  No more attachments - period.  I'll settle for elimination of 
> any known sort of executable though. 

While I agree with the second, the first is wrong. If nothing else,
MIME-attached files are an excellent way to transport patches safely,
avoiding various mangling that can happen to inline text.

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Colin Watson                                  [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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