Forum Archive Index - July 2001

[Will Bryant <will@sharechat.co.nz>]

> I always
> thought that Attachments were banned long
> ago.
We banned all of the types of files that normally
carry viruses - .exe, .com, .vbs etc etc.  For about 4 years now
Word itself has had a level of protection against such macro viruses, so
they are quite uncommon these days - that's the first I've seen for at
least a year.  

Therefore we hadn't banned Word documents (needless to say we have
now).

> Unless
> you have any solid reason to have attachments, why not ban them
> now?
They do get used for legitimate purposes, for
example Phaedrus's charts.  Having banned all of the types that
carry viruses should suffice.

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