On 19/09/2005, at 4:34 PM, Perry Lorier wrote:
I don't buy this line of reasoning any more. Don't open attachments from people you don't know. Don't open attachments from people you do know. Don't open attachments that have innocent looking icons like a text file. Don't preview emails that have attachments. Now we're in an arms race where trying to send any email attachments around the internet is a sure fire way of getting someone to blackhole your entire email for "malicious content"[1]. Even experienced users running around with all the latest antivirus and ad zappers and everything can *still* occasionally get infected with spyware.[2] How do you expect users to keep up?
Don't enforce potentially restrictive/crippling features unless specifically asked for by the customer. It's about personal responsibility. - Richard