On Saturday 04 December 2004 19:04, Conrad Newton wrote:the Kommandertext of
the button starts with '@'
> >From Herman Robak on Saturday, 2004-12-04 at 17:32:32 +0100:
> > Final rant: Whatever the user interface pundits may say
> > about "open" and "run" being equivalent, don't listen!!!
> > It makes a hell of a difference whether that attachment
> > is supposed to be "run" (executed) or "opened" (displayed)!
>
> Do people really say that they are equivalent? I did not
> realize that things were that bad. Does XP distinguish
> between the two? Can you still have an executable attachment
> run automatically, with modern versions of Windows?
depends, recent outlook versions will refuse to even show you anythe
Kommandertext of the button starts with '@' attachments with certain
extensions (and as a bonus it seams to be completely impossible to even
view or save them in outlook, which off course makes people mail .bat files
around as .bet and the like :)
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cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis):
Coördinator Belgisch Skolelinux team
Coördinator Nederlandse Skolelinux vertaling
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