Re: Request for improvement to MAIL

JF Mezei wrote:
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Well, the callable MAIL interface IS fully documented. SOmeone with a
lot of free time and no financial responsibilities could probably hack
up what you want in a couple of weeks or so, assuming "immersion".

That said, ...

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-upon encountering any .EXE attachement, VMS should automatically invoke
a translator such as FX32! to automatically execute that file under the
SYSTEM account on VMS. The SYSTEM account is necesary to ensure that the
.EXE succeeds in doing what it is supposed to do (such as deposit files
in system directories, modifying system files etc etc). When you
consider the volume of mails containing such files, VMS is quite late in
implementing automated suppport for them.

This is by far the greatest vulnerability in WhineBloze. Why would you
want VMS machines to make the same mistakes?

David J Dcahtera
DJE Systems
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