I guess that means that there isn't a lot you can do
for people using Outlook Express. Or can you change
that option to allow the final extension to be
displayed? It's been so long since I last fooled
around with Outlook I don't remember. I always enable
extension display in Windows no matter what version I
am using.
--- Johan Schoone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> X - A scroll of news from
> Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Read it?
> [yn] y
> >Hi, about attachments, you can tell these are aimed
> at
> >the microsoft world. You can visually examine the
> >extension on the file and tell what it is, maybe.
> >In the microsoft world the last three characters in
> >the file name tell the OS how to handle the file.
> So
> >be carefull of any file with a name ending in,
>
> [List of common extensions and explanation]
>
> I played with Outleak Express once or twice and it
> does - by default -
> *not* show the true extension of a file. If I send
> you a message
> with `foo.jpg' as attachment, OE will display it
> with an icon
> appropriate for images and the name `foo' (without
> extension).
>
> This particular message contains a file named
> `TIAZINHA.JPG.pif'.
> The displayed name will have the `.pif' stripped and
> have a
> different icon.
>
> OT: A stupid way to scare the bejeezus out of OE
> users is tacking
> the following lines on your message (I put it in a
> box to disarm it):
>
> /-------------------------------------\
> | begin present.txt.vbs |
> | Hi, I'm a signature virus. Copy me! |
> | end |
> \-------------------------------------/
>
> Fortunately, this one is pretty harmless.
>
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