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

[Abel Jeffcoat]

I totally agree with you Ralph. In my opinion, it is very bad programming.

Abel

On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 19:27:12 -0400 (EDT), Ralph Cohen wrote:

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