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Alf P. Steinbach
* Noah Roberts:
I tend to agree.
A text file attachement /containing source code/ can be very useful in a
programming group.
I can see the code directly in my newsreader (currently Thunderbird with
NewsWorthy extension), and I can easily save the file.
Follow-ups to [news.misc] (note: I don't read that group ;-)).
Ivor said:"Dr Balwinder S Dheeman" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
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Do you really need that one spelling out..? Anything could be in anWhat's wrong in posting and, or forwarding a small text
message in its original form to the Usenet? What would be
the difference if someone includes the same text instead
of attaching it?
attachment. Nobody with any sense opens them.
Nobody with any sense uses a client that runs every attachment like an
executable. In fact most people with sense use clients that ask before
running even an executable it was requested to open.
The only people that have to worry about ALL attachments are certain
Windows users that use the clients MS gave them. Text attachments
shouldn't be any concern to anyone in this group even if their client
is capable of opening attachments. We're all too smart to use those
broken news clients, right?
I tend to agree.
A text file attachement /containing source code/ can be very useful in a
programming group.
I can see the code directly in my newsreader (currently Thunderbird with
NewsWorthy extension), and I can easily save the file.
Follow-ups to [news.misc] (note: I don't read that group ;-)).