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Old 8th December 2004, 11:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I just wanted to know if it would be possible to attach .rtf and/or .html files. It is possible to attach .doc files, but .doc is a proprietary format, which means some people (me included) prefer to use more open formats for texts. Like RTF.

Of course, it's always possible to zip a rtf file (but then, same problem, what about .rar or .gz files ?).
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Old 8th December 2004, 04:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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If we can make all that work...
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Old 9th December 2004, 12:08 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Doesn't seem to work. Tried to attach a .rtf, was rejected.
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Old 9th December 2004, 02:28 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Yeah... You can only attach: bmp doc gif jpe jpeg jpg pdf png psd rar txt xls zip

Still, if it's technically possible and not too much work, I don't see why it shouldn't be implemented.
Michael Morris probably can tell you...
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Old 9th December 2004, 05:33 AM   #5 (permalink)
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If you want to use .doc files without Microsoft, you can use openoffice, which will read and write .doc but is still an opne source project.
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Old 9th December 2004, 01:53 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Yeah, or I could just rename an .rtf file as a .doc one!

But those are just workarounds, not actual fixes. I'd like to be able to attach .gz, .rtf, .tgz, .xml, .html files without having to zip them.
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Old 10th December 2004, 06:50 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Since your thread name was not exactly conducive to attracting the attention of an administrator, I modified it to be.
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Old 10th December 2004, 06:58 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Or "My hate of Mcirosfot kno now limit!!!!"

I just wanted to know if it would be possible to attach .rtf and/or .html files. It is possible to attach .doc files, but .doc is a proprietary format, which means some people (me included) prefer to use more open formats for texts. Like RTF.

Of course, it's always possible to zip a rtf file (but then, same problem, what about .rar or .gz files ?).
It may be proprietary, but it's not like you can't use OpenOffice to create/read them. And MS even provides a free WordViewer so that anybody can read (but not edit or create) them. So, it's not like you're really supporting MS directly or anything.
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Old 10th December 2004, 11:01 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Dang, I just want to be able to attach a few other file formats, is that hard to understand?

Since anyway I could always attach a file named "thingie.xml-remove_the_.doc_extension_it's_a_fake.doc" there's no real point in trying to limit the allowed attachments.
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Old 10th December 2004, 11:40 AM   #10 (permalink)
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By the way... Could attaching html files be a security risk?
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Old 10th December 2004, 03:19 PM   #11 (permalink)
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For HTML files, maybe, if there is PHP or other code inside...
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Old 10th December 2004, 05:33 PM   #12 (permalink)
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HTML file attachments are a risk. I can add RTF to the list with Russ or P-kitty's approval - it's not a hard setting to change.
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I can add RTF to the list with Russ or P-kitty's approval
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Would XML be a risk?
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Old 11th December 2004, 04:55 PM   #15 (permalink)
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No html, I'm afraid.

Michael, please go ahead and add rtf - thanks!
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