Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???
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On Wed, 31 Mar 1999 14:38:20 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>Wrong solution. Users should not have to adapt to technology (within
>reason); the technology should allow users to send huge email attachments
>if they need to. Otherwise it should be fixed.
This is not within reason. 5 years ago it was called a Denial of Service
attack to send large attachments via email to someone. Today it is *STILL* a
denial of service attack and will still be a DoS 5 years from now. Yes,
technology should be adapted to work for people, not the other way around.
But people should also be aware of the technology presented to them and use
all of the alternatives before demanding that something they barely know,
much less understand, should be changed.
The technology is there to send large files easily. Embed a URL into an
email message and most email clients will automatically launch either the FTP
client to get the file, or the browser which has FTP capabilities to get the
file.
This is the proper thing to do since it then lets the other end decide
not only *IF* they want the file, but *when* then want the file.
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