On 24 Jan 2003, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 19:06, Rob Unsworth wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 Jonathan_Pickard@scee.net wrote: > > > > > This signature which I saw on Kevin Waterson's mail should get the > > > message across. > > > > > > > > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > When I first saw this sig I was all for supporting the FSF in this > > campaign. That was until I read the web page. I found that in part it > > is self defeating, because it contains the following. > > > > "Receiving Word attachments is bad for you because they can carry > > viruses........" > > > > Two paragraphs later > > > > "To convert the file to HTML using Word is simple......." > > > > Apparently the FSF oppose receiving a virus sent with a Word > > document, but if the virus is sent via HTML, thats OK. > > > > Bill G must have laughed himself to sleep after reading that. > > > > The FSF will get no support from me on this one. > > > "Please send comments on these web pages to webmasters@gnu.org" > don't just complain, do something. The author's name is also there. It was cc'd to gnu@gnu.org. I was responding to a post advocating it as a good sig. I don't agree, and gave one reason, there were others. To use that sig, I would be advocating the use of HTML in mail, as the mail itself or as an attachment. I oppose both. Regards, Rob -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
