[ILUG] shfs vs. nfs

[Rory Browne]

On 7/21/05, Dave O Connor <doc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Because that would be altering the content of the email, which is a
> big no-no in pretty much every sensible person's book.

I think that any sensible person would examine the situation and make
a case by case analysis of what is sensable, instead of setting a
certain way that has to apply for everything.

What exactly is wrong with making a slight change to the name of an
attached file, so that it cannot infect your computer.

> 
> SMTP isn't a file transfer protocol. If you're having problems
> transferring files with it, use a tool designed to transfer files.

We're not talking about raw SMTP. We're talking about an integrated
Email Solution. Attachments are a part of modern Email.

> 
>     - DoC
> 
> On 21/07/05, Rory Browne <rory.browne at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why can't gmail just change it internally to something.bin, or some
> > other extension? I mean why can't something.exe be renamed to
> > something.exe.bin or something.exe.attachment - you know what I mean.
> >
> > On 7/21/05, Gerard Keating <gerard.keating at fintrax.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie] On Behalf
> > > Of niall at linux.ie
> > > > Sent: 21 July 2005 12:07
> > > > To: ilug at linux.ie
> > > > Subject: Re: [ILUG] shfs vs. nfs
> > >
> > > > And while I'm here - a little OT rant about gmail. I wanted to mail
> > > myself a Windows
> > > > executable from somebody else's PC, using dialup. This was painful
> > > enough, but after
> > > > uploading the file, gmail announced that .exe files can cause security
> > > problems, and
> > > > wouldn't let me send it. So, I zipped it up, and sent it over the
> > > dialup connection
> > > > AGAIN - and gmail announced that the zip file contained an .exe file
> > > and that these
> > > > can cause security problems, and wouldn't let me send it. Next step
> > > would have been a
> > > > password protected zip file, but I ran out of time. What's the betting
> > > that gmail
> > > > would anyway have told me that password protected zip files can cause
> > > security
> > > > problems, and have not allowed me to send it.
> > >
> > >
> > > M$ Outlook does the same, renaming the file normally is enough to fool
> > > it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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