Of course under Windows a .pl may well be linked to perl and therefore
be executable without having to do a chmod (which of course Windows
doesn't understand). However, in general I have no problem with either
in-lining or attaching script code.
Executables, on the other hand are a different story. For one, I and, I
expect others, have software running (like mimedefang) that will reject
attached executables. If one really needs to post an executable it
would, IMHO, be better to do so via a web page.
As I use Linux I don't have much of a problem with attached .exe or .com
files etc. I NEVER read my mail on any of my Windows machines, and I
restrict my web browsing to only very well trusted sites and then only
when I can't use Linux or Firefox because the sites are so Windows only
designed.
Christopher X. Candreva wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Theo Van Dinter wrote:
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 04:14:05PM -0800, OpenMacNews wrote:
i'm noticing, e.g., *.pl scripts as attachments ... rather than links to
posts at code-paste sites.
I don't think we have a policy about it specifically. Generally speaking
though, it's good netiquette to do as you said: put your large attachments
Sorry. I was thinking of it as a code example, not a program.
The script in question was 29 lines totaling 376 bytes. I was going to
in-line it into the e-mail, to show how short it was, and made an attachment
at the last minute, probably thinking it would be easier to look at .
I tend to think of text attachments as just sections of an e-mail, and don't
think of perl files as executables, since they aren't until you chmod them.
Now, please don't tell me there is some mail program that will automatically
run a file because it ends in .pl, or begins with #! line !
-Chris
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