I apologize if I started a lot of confusion and problems. I use Microsoft Outlook and don't open attachments either unless I recognize the sender and extension. In Joe's email today, I couldn't see the attachment unless I did open it - the previewer only lets me know that there is an attachment. If the sender would just briefly describe the attachment, I don't have to worry. Since I recently received a suspicious email and attachment from someone in my own office (somehow automatically sent to me by the offender under my colleague's name), I'm just being extra careful. I still would like to see pics and any other appropriate attachments from legitimate users of this list. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Trottier [mailto:strottier@novell.com] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:23 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Attachment test Maybe allowing attachments with .jpg extentions would be okay and Cynthia could set it up to block the rest. That way people could still attach photographs and we'd have pretty good protection against viruses. I haven't heard of viruses being sent as .jpg attachments. While we're at it, it should be safe to allow .mpg extensions as well, just in case someone had a legitimate need to attach video to their message. Personally, I'm not too concerned about getting a virus from an email attachment. My email program never opens them automatically, and I only open them if I recognize the extension and the sender. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com