From: Mike '/m' 

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:52:10 -0500, Gregg N  wrote:

>Mike '/m' wrote:
>> del *.*
>>
>> in a .bat file is bad.
>>
>>
>> echo hi
>>
>> in a .bat file is not bad.
>>
>>
>> it is the content of the file, not its extension.
>>
>>  /m
>>
>
>del *.*
>
>in a .bat file does nothing unless it is executed.
>
>It is the interpretation that is bad, not the contents.

OK, though I'd probably go for something like the interpretation of the
contents.  There needs to be the sublety that the contents that are being
interpreted do not need to be bad.

By the logic currently used to rationalize Outlook blocking .exe files the
Internet Explorer should not open .htm, .html, .asp, and a whole host of
other extensions because of the manner in which they can be interpreted.

In other words, why have Outlook block .exe files, and allow Internet
Explorer to open .html files?

 /m

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