[pmmail-list] A better explaination of the bug with PMMAIL attachments

[Ralph Cohen]

On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 00:40:07 -0700 (PDT), Kris Sorem Sr wrote:

>>Is it "clueless" to expect a message not to be changed if you forward
>>it?  With 45 years computing experience and 20 years of active email
>>usage I don't count myself as a naive user, but I would certainly
>>call this behaviour a bug - as I did when it first caught me out.
>
>No! It is "clueless", IMO, to not review the information you are sending
>to someone else. It is under this circumstance that information
>(attachment) MAY not WILL change.  I expect anyone who "forwards" a
>message to me to KNOW what they are sending to me. That's not
>unreasonable.

Hi Kris,

I can't agree with you on this.  This problem is caused by the way
PMMail handles attachments - not by incompetent users.  It's a bug in
the program for which a number of different solutions are available and
it should be fixed.  Ideally, software should work to accommodate the
user - not the other way around.


Ralph