On Wed, 2016-02-10 at 20:28 +0100, Stig Roar Wangberg wrote:
> > I have yet another "stupid" question to ask. I'm just curious what
> > the
> > DAT-files are, that are created when I send and receive
> > attachments? Not
> > everyone I know use Evolution. But most are encrypting their
> > messages
> > (in terminal) and sends it as an attachment. But it comes along 
> > with two other attachments, namely two DAT-files. What are those?
> PS. I just read that 'DAT files can hold viruses, so do not download
> DAT files from your email unless you are sure of its contents'. I'm
> not sure of their contents ...

This statement is meaningless.  *ANY* file can contain viruses,
malware, illegal content, etc...  There is nothing special about DAT
files; "DAT" is just short for "data".

-- 
Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awill...@whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383
OpenGroupware Developer <http://www.opengroupware.us/>

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