on. den 10. 02. 2016 klokka 16.52 (-0500) skreiv Adam Tauno Williams: > 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".
Yes of course. I understand that. I'm just curious what those dat-files are. The sender didn't intentionally attach those files. Are they generated by Evolution? He sent one encrypted letter (file.gpg) as an attachment, but when I downloaded the attachment, there were two more, i.e. attachment.dat and attachment.dat(1). SRW
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