Attaching .rtf files (Russ or Piratecat?)

[Gez]

Request: Rage Against The Monopoly!

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 ?).

 

[Darkness]

If we can make all that work...

All your file types are belong to EN World.

 

[Gez]

Doesn't seem to work. Tried to attach a .rtf, was rejected.

 

[Darkness]

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...

 

[Macbeth]

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.

 

[Gez]

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.

 

[Darkness]

Since your thread name was not exactly conducive to attracting the attention of an administrator, I modified it to be.

 

[reanjr]

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.

 

[Gez]

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.

 

[Darkness]

By the way... Could attaching html files be a security risk?