Ron,
The problem you are seeing is associated with the fact that quite a few
members are now using MIME encoded messages. If you mail package can't handle
MIME encoding or if the sender has set their mail system up to send the MIME
as an attachment to the mail (default setting on Explorer, MSMail, Exchange
and Outlook) then you mail system will show an attachment.
As far as I am aware, no one in the last few months has sent an email message
with a deliberate attachment so all of the messages you are seeing with
attachments are actually in this bracket.
My email system scans for viruses and no email message posted to this gorup
has ever had an attachment with a virus.
All I can suggest is that you either change to a more recent mail system
(Pegasus or Zmail for example) or just ignore the attachments unless somebody
specifically states that they have enclosed an attachment.
Tony
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From: RonSwinden@aol.com
Subject: Compute bis'
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 09:02:27 +1200
> Dear all
> Sorry about this but lately a no' of people have been sending
> Emails with attached files. I do not know why? perhaps it is cool? but
often
> they give no clue in the file name as to it's type no designator so it is
not
> always possible to read it. I have, with some waste of time and effort
> managed to read some of them and they have all been text so why attach text
> to text? it ain,t cheaper? is it? if they were graphics , drawings or
> suchlike I could understand it. One of them gave me real grief for about
3
> weeks I was getting dumped off my connection with a curt Long file tr
> message. Greek to me (and Pete Thomas my favourite guru). Now Graham
> Singleton is having troubles with a virus which he believes may have come
> with an attached file. Please exscuse this note I know this forum is
supposed
> to sort out aeroplane (Europa) not computer problems but this particular
> problem cerainly prevented me from using the group properly for some time
> besides wasting six or eight hours of quality thinking time. Mine Pete's
and
> AOL's. If I knew what the attaching is supposed to achieve it may help and
> Graham could do with some help too, he gives us plenty with our Euopas
> Any offers;explanations;guesses;thoughts:enlightenment.
> Keep well all RonS No 33.
>
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