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[Jonathan B. Bayer]

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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:48:15 -0400, Kurt Kehler wrote:

>I've grown fond of using PMMail's Alt-V command (View Full Message) to
>view attachments.  (I use PMMail98).  If I Alt-V when a binary file is
>attached, I will see an ASCII representation of the binary, but the
>binary will not execute, right?
>
>I'm sure the answer is no, but I want to hear it confirmed by someone
>else.  The reason I ask is, I received Happy99.exe today, again, and
>while I knew not to open the attachment, I was very tempted to Alt-V it
>just for the fun of it, but I chickened out.


Correct.  Alt-V simply tells PMMail to display the entire message
unparsed.

JBB
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