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 :) -- cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis): Coördinator Belgisch Skolelinux team Coördinator Nederlandse Skolelinux vertaling
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