Message-ID: <B5E044AF4430D311B24D0060089CD8B1023ECC8E@hydmail01.hyd.wilco-int.com>
From: Prashant Ramachandra <rprash AT wilco-int DOT com>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: "'djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com'" <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: Binary rubbish
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:12:17 +0530
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On Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:05 PM, Eli Zaretskii
[SMTP:eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il] wrote:
| 
| > I haven't seen any "binary rubbish" here. Perhaps your mailer
| > can't handle
| > attachments well enough?
| 
| Any decent mailer will _not_ handle attachments well, if by
| ``well'' you 
| mean automatic decoding and saving of the attachment.  You might
| just 
| launch a virus on your machine.

Agreed. Attachments can be irritating. My experience with emacs tells me so
;-). But I don't think removing attachments automatically is a good idea.
But that's left to DJ. Sorry for this OT mail.


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