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From: Chris Mears <chris_mears AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject: Re: To whom this may concern,
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Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 21:33:43 +1000
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jdm wrote:
> 
> Do not attach .DOC files to usenet messages or emails.  If they are
> plain text, use a .TXT extension so windows machines will use Wordpad
> or Notepad to open them.  If they are Word documents, change them to
> plain text and use the .TXT extension.  I personally will NOT view any
> .DOC file attached to a message because of the danger of Word Macro
> viruses.
> 
> jdm

You can turn off macros I think, but I wouldn't read them anyway because
it's a stupid thing (especially in programming related things) to use a
proprietary format to communicate information on Usenet.

Chris

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