Forum Archive Index - July 2001

["G Stolwyk" <stolwyk@wave.co.nz>]

Will,

 

I always thought that Attachments were banned long ago.

 

I think that I discussed this point before, off-line.

 

I am not sure what is happening to emails going to subscribers, but there could be significant damage to Sharechat if too many people opened attachments with viruses.

 

They will just stay away, I think. Contributors or readers may open an attachment from the Forum, thinking it is ok as Sharechat would have screened it.

 

And an attachment may have a new virus for which no protection has been found or nobody has heard of yet! 

 

Alternatively, readers may be half asleep, when opening an attachment!

 

Unless you have any solid reason to have attachments, why not ban them now?

 

Gerry