On 23 Jan 2003, Joe Klemmer wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 04:36, Rob Unsworth wrote: > > > 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. > > I'm missing something here... In what way would a word macro virus be > converted into anything html? I think you don't quite know the > technology (or maybe you know something that no one else knows). Can you guarantee that any HTML attachment you receive was actually converted from Word. Regards, Rob -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
