From: "mouss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
John D. Hardin wrote:
On 9 Jul 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Other possible wording:
"you have sent us a message with an attachment that requires a
specific program to read (MS office). That program seems to cost
Euro xxx currently. Please understand that we are not going to
spend that"
Nah.
" ... Please understand that if we have to purchase this program
solely to read your emails, we will bill you for the full cost of the
program, plus the time required to install it. Such time will be
billed at our regular rates (Euro xxx per hour, minimum 1 hour)."
[option 1]
# latex foo
# cp foo.dvi urgent.doc
and send urgent.doc as a reply
[option 2]
# cp /netbsd /tmp/important_info.doc (or whatever kernel you want)
and send important_info.doc
I tried both (only while getting angry after receiving a 10 MO .doc file
with only 2 pages - logos can get large), and at least you get some
fun... word will still spend some time loading these! and sometimes, it
attempts to "convert" them :-) So the guy at the other end generally
replies "Sorry to bother you, but the file you sent me seems to have
been trunctaed by our mail system. can you please resend it to my
address at hotmail/aol/... "
The point is that .gif only spam is potentially going to be replaced by
a new innovation, .doc with no text in an html wrapper spam. That
probably should be addressed.
{o.o}
