Re: Should attachments be accepted in comp.lang.c?

In article <wmzsGguTDN6N-pn2-ZCmVdh0dzqqN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Herbert Rosenau <os2guy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:39:22 UTC, roberson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Walter
Roberson) wrote:

Uhh, place a maximum size limit, then. This is silly...

I don't see why your maximum size limit should compell *me*.

Why should one try to open spam? Only spammers try to attach something
like
"test.c .exe" to force the reader to
open the worm, virus or other malware.

Well, it isn't only spammers; there are insane people, and there are
sane people who consider it less wrong than whatever they are thinking
of at the time.

But either way, whether it is only spammers or not, the virus/malware
argument doesn't have any bearing on the question of why his
maximum size limit should compel -me-. Who is he to judge what
the size limit should be? Is this or is this not an anarchist
collective, in which each person decides for themselves which
rules they wish to follow?
--
All is vanity. -- Ecclesiastes
.

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