ON Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 03:19:25PM -0600, Bob Tanner wrote: > Couple of weeks ago, I put this into my .muttrc > > my_hdr X-message-flag: Outlook is a breeding ground for viruses. See http://cws.internet.com/mail.html for alternatives [...] > > Today I got 7 posts from TCLUG members complaining about my outlook hack. 1 > (Thanks Jacque) was professional. The other 6 where nasty. > > To respond to one of the messages, I have never had sexy with my mother. :-P > > So, the point. This mailing list is for LINUX users, my little hack does not > effect ANY MUA under Linux -and- it only effects 1 specific MUA; Outlook. > > So, shut off the hack? If so why? If not, why? > > As an aside, I'll probably shut off the hack because I like Jacque :-), but I'm > interested in your opinions. In a world of IE only web sites, Windows only > attachements, is this really that bad of a thing? I'd avoid putting advocacy in X-headers; it's not what they were allowed for, and putting 4 or 5 of them in every email dilutes your message and can make you look like a crank. If you are a crank, you can grind your ax in your (on-topic) message or your .sig. Regarding Outlook, I think it's better to request plain text copies of HTML or Word documents, and to write back "Excuse me, but did you send me this message about @#@^#&!U!YH!J\\1\21?" when you get a virus-authored Outlook message, than to broadcast a putdown to anybody happening to use the MUA that came with their machine. -- Michael