Roberto Ullfig wrote: > Somewhat off topic but does someone here know if there's a standard file > extension that represents a null program. What I mean is that we rename > some attachment suffixes to .txt but this causes some problems with some > applications. We'd like to rename the attachments with another suffix, > one that will never be used for an application (present or future). Does > anyone know if a standard suffix has been created for just this purpose?
Not to my knowledge. I proposed a MIME-Type and suffix for this, but the RFC editors didn't think it was a good idea. I wanted a type of something like application/binary-blob and a filename exension something like .BLOB with the specification that MUAs and other software MUST NOT offer to do anything with the data except save it to disk. The RFC editors sympathized with my goals, but did not believe it would be possible to force all the implementers to obey the restriction. Mickey$oft, in particular, likes to associate files with programs based on filenames, MIME types, weird heuristics, black magic, and sacrificed chickens. (I still can't believe businesses actually put up with Windoze cr*p....) Regards, David. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
